Children are the closest we have to wisdom and they become adults the moment that final drop of everything mysterious is strained from them.

Hands have their own language.

For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched.

I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can’t change.

The beauty of artifacts is in how they reassure us we’re not the first to die.

I wonder if things can happen too early or too late or if everything happens at exactly the right time. If so, how sad and beautiful.

You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.

Every moment is the paradox of now or never.

For some people, life is the process of knocking through walls to get out. For others, it is the building of walls.

The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence.

I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.

The thrill of theft, of violence, the urge to live easy - is it worth it when we have undeniable proof, yes, yes, incontrovertible evidence that hell exists?

Nature can counsel nothing but crime.

The future is always unknown.

Death would be a complete knowingness, but what frightened him was this: not knowing beforehand what it was he would know.

A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

There's never a new fashion but it's old.

Most times when you try to be all things to all people, you end up being nothing.

If you're not a feminist, you're part of the problem.

I always loved to cook and entertain but I realized I had the chance to be successful with something that I am passionate about.

She fell into the moody, miserable state of mind which often comes when strong wills have to yield to the inevitable.