Every author that creates is a liar;literature is a lie,but from that lie, a recreation of reality is born. Therefore, recreating reality is one of the fundaments of creation.

Nothing can last forever. There isn't any memory, no matter how intense, that doesn't fade out at last.

Because to write, one must truly suffer.

I am talking about misery and all of its implications.

Cada suspiro es como un sorbo de vida del que uno se deshace.

You've been dreaming lies again, Susana.

Appeals to the Young and the Young at Heart.

I wrote this book to show you that a cure is entirely possible because I've seen it happen over and over again.

Health care costs are eating the Defense Department alive.

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

I don't actually believe in a clash of civilizations. I believe in a clash of the civilized and the noncivilized.

Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived.

The less you think, the more you believe.

Don't feel like you're alone because you're not.

We all get caught up in what we're doing that we forget to start setting ourselves up for the future.