To me, poetry is a rational act. I never write a poem if I'm not sure what I am going to say or what I want to communicate.

Each language has its own temperament; some languages make a poem more dramatic or sad, and others make it more playful.

We usually understand freedom as meaning that there are many choices - but does having more choices, or believing we do, actually make us more free?

The wealth of time is the only wealth that is more valuable than human resources.

You are not one of Pentrigrel’s creations. This is not where you belong. He will not keep his word to you. He is concerned only with himself. You cannot condemn yourself to this over Lunette’s fate.

There was a lot to be said for a man’s capacity to be comfortable while alone.

Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way.

The movies I like are always movies where cinema is reinvented like if it was the beginning of cinema.

Having children and raising them will bring new purpose and new life to Heaven. It will not be the end of everything, but the beginning!

'I thought I could live my life without you,' she says, trying desperately to hold back her tears. 'I can't. I've tried and I can't do it.'

The Sacraments are the salvation of those who use them rightly, and the damnation of those who misuse them.

Somethings don't always work out the way you plan. The main thing is to keep trying, do better next time, and deal with disappointment if it comes.

Then he gave her a kiss on the forehead that felt like a baptism and she wept like a baby.