One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Part ways with your perception of reality, allow the unknown and your curiosity muster into a visual you've never allowed yourself to see.

Love is rare, Rhys. You found it without even trying. I had that kind of love. It's a gift, a type of magic all its own.

The prose, ” Robespierre said. “It’s so clean, no conceits, no show, no wit. He means every word. Formerly, you see, he meant every other word. That was his style.

The monkeys, she explained, were considered reincarnated politicians, which made Rue laugh and the stick entirely understandable.

I know being with me is not easy. But I want you to understand no one has me, or has ever had me, except you.

Never want something without expecting it

... justice is mercy's highest self.

I live art, I respect people, and I've found what I want to do in life - I've found what makes me happy.

Most haystacks do not even have a needle.

All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically