Everything has its poetry. 94

The paper is patient, but the reader is not.

It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas. 102

Tenderness is the repose of passion.

Those for whom the world is not enough: saints, conquerors, poets, and all lovers of books.

Through memory we travel against time, through forgetfulness we follow its course.

The breath of the mind is attention 128

Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. "But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.

The past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present was itself founded on some past that went before it.

Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked

The farmers are the founders of civilization.

When she cries, it is quiet, tearless, almost completely imperceptible: one more unheard prayer.

If you want to live a memorable life, you have to be the kind of person who remembers to remember.

It's not always like I'm right, and you're wrong. It's both ways.

I wanted to communicate what I had seen, so that others could see it.

Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive.

Unless your goal is against the laws of God or society, you can achieve it.