I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness.

The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster.

A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion.

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.

I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.

Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish.

The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.

Being gifted needs courage.

It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow.

Don't be afraid to make mistakes. But if you do, make new ones. Life is too short to make the wrong choice twice.

We should be carefulOf each other, we should be kindWhile there is still time

You love someone despite all their flaws. You love someone despite the fact that they have made mistakes. You love someone because you care about them

It is important to give, not only to those closer to us, also to our enemies.

It's very important that your parents have careers of their own. When the kid becomes the breadwinner of the household, that's when you have problems.

Having a first child is like swallowing an intoxicating drink made of equal parts joy and terror, chased with a bucketful of transitions nobody ever tells you about.

I didn't write a book. It wasn't for self-enrichment.

I think the idea was to make a horror film that became a science-fiction film with a lot of melodramatic tropes.

I think I'd fall for you no matter what, Claire. You're kind of awesome.

There's a right-wing shift in Israeli society, very hard right shift.