We see in others what we want and what we fear.

Hands have their own language.

For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched.

I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can’t change.

The beauty of artifacts is in how they reassure us we’re not the first to die.

I wonder if things can happen too early or too late or if everything happens at exactly the right time. If so, how sad and beautiful.

You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.

Every moment is the paradox of now or never.

For some people, life is the process of knocking through walls to get out. For others, it is the building of walls.

The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence.

I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.

We make our own music. We paint our own future.

God will cause you to prosper, even when man says you won't.

It is not important what you see, but it is important the way you see it.

Form does not necessarily follow function

We are all a quarter good, a quarter bad, a quarter animal and a quarter child which equals a whole bunch of crazy.

Let me point out, if it has escaped your notice, that what an artist does, is fail.

I half cherish the hope that the end of history will be Swissness.

I want my Canada back!

I do not want to pass the time. I want to grab hold of it and leave my mark upon the world.

I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and I want to be ready