It is true that novelists are shameless and obey no decent law, and they are not to be trusted on any account, but some Mysteries even they must honor.

Death is not a checkmate…it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen.

Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.

Hats have power. Hats can change you into someone else.

We all live inside the terrible engine of authority, and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one will say: lines on maps are silly.

Where there is a Key, there is yet hope.

That’s what happens to friends, eventually. They leave you. It’s practically what they’re for.

It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.

She sounds like someone who spends a lot of time in libraries, which are the best sorts of people.

When the world changes, it stashes us away where we can't make it run the other way again.

So most people go around with grimy machinery, when all it would take is a bit of spit and polish to make them paladins once more, bold knights and true.

You can all go to hell

Love is a risk. It always is. None of us is guaranteed a long life. But love takes courage.

Always trust your gut and your intuition will steer you right, every time.

What did I know best that I had not written about and Lost? What did I know about truly and care for the most?

The stillness of God is perfect. Nothing has to be added to it. Nothing can be taken away.

Spring sprang suddenly onto the land.

All men shall be my slaves! All women shall succumb to my charms! All mankind shall grovel at my feet and not know why!

[on Edward Snowden] He should be brought back from Russia and given due process, and I think the proper outcome would be that he would be given a death sentence.

Modesty isn't always a virtue; it can be a hindrance; a careful measure of personal pride builds confidence and ensures success.

Sheer obstinacy is very very important for anybody who wants to create.