Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it.

Every real story is a never ending story.

You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise.

There are many kinds of joy, but they all lead to one: the joy to be loved.

Once someone dreams a dream, it can't just drop out of existence. But if the dreamer can't remember it, what becomes of it?

My will can control anything that’s empty.

A story can be new and yet tell about olden times. The past comes into existence with the story.

There were thousands and thousands of forms of joy in the world, but that all were essentially one and the same, namely, the joy of being able to love.

Wishes cannot be summoned up or kept away at will. They come from deeper within us than good or bad intentions. And they spring up unannounced.

Momo listened to everyone and everything - even to the rain and the wind and the pine trees - and all of them spoke to her after their own fashion.

Time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart.

It's when you smell the breeze

democracy is a see-saw between complete chaos and tolerable confusion

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

I always hear myself saying, 'She's a beauty!' or 'He's a beauty!' or 'What a beauty!' but I never know what I'm talking about.

I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in each chapter highlighted.

My mother was harsh and constantly told me I had jug ears and heaven knows what else. But she was devoted and a hard worker.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

We reflect on what has been lost and comfort those enduring a profound grief. And somehow we know that a brighter morning will come.

Kindness that allows barriers to one's relationship with God to spring up is self-destructive.

Model. Two mobile eyes in a mobile head, itself on a mobile body.