Men are all the same, they think that because they came out of the belly of a woman they know all there is to know about women.

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.

Even death, faced with the option of death or life, she would choose life.

If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?

... that's how life should be, when one person loses heart, the other must have heart and courage enough for both.

Words have their own hierarchy, their own protocol, their own artistic titles, their own plebeian stigmas.

Reading is probably another way of being in a place.

The church has never been asked to explain anything, our speciality, along with ballistics, has always been the neutralisation of the overly curious mind through faith.

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is.

One can show no greater respect than to weep for a stranger.

Language, that most human invention, can enable what, in principle, should not be possible. It can allow all of us, even the congenitally blind, to see with another person’s eyes.

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dépens de sa mémoire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory).

I feel it is important to point out that individuals can make a difference, that things that seem impossible one day might suddenly shift into a possibility the next day.

The gift of my childhood was laughter, being able to find the humor.

I feel like sometimes we have to be a little less inclusive and tolerant if other people's opinions could lead to the destruction of our species.

Toronto is a kind of New York operated by the Swiss.

No one behind, no one ahead. The path the ancients cleared has closed. And the other path, everyone's path, easy and wide, goes nowhere. I am alone and find my way.

For ultimately, the only way to win wars, is to prevent them occurring in the first place.

It's no good being the best actor in the world if nobody sees you because you didn't happen to be there at the right day when a part was being cast.