Huwag mong ipangako ang habang-buhay Meredith. Ipangako mo sa akin ang walang hanggang. - Tristan

You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight.

Being skeptical is a balancing act it doesn't mean being dismissive.

Someday” is a dangerous word.

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.

I felt a lunatic’s laugh welling up inside me.

It [discovering Finnish] was like discovering a wine-cellar filled with bottles of amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me.

Beauty is power a smile is its sword.

She froze. He reached up and took her hand in his, pulling the knife away, making her drop it on the floor. "Show me how much you hate me," he whispered against her mouth. "Prove it to me.

What can be said about a man who is interested in nothing but his painting? It's a pity if a man can only interest himself in one thing. But I can't do any thing else. I have only one interest.

The eternal problem of the human being is how to structure his waking hours