When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.

But isn't it true that an author can write only about himself?

The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man.

I want you to be weak. As weak as I am.

Between the approximation of the idea and the precision of reality there was a small gap of the unimaginable, and it was this hiatus that gave him no rest.

Tomas did not realize at the time that metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love.

Physical love is unthinkable without violence.

Our dreams prove that to imagine - to dream about things that have not happened - is among mankind's deepest needs.

Metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with.

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love.

Pray, hope, and don't worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.

You can walk in the light by faith.

We're almost like Bonnie & Clyde. Of course, he's Bonnie and I'm Clyde.

It is tragic that many in America think of us - Christians - as being people who hate others.

Everything begins with an idea.

I am someone who values knowledge, actual knowledge. I also value stories and fiction a whole lot, and that's where the fake knowledge comes in.

We must not be concerned only with that which troubles us, but with all that troubles God.

You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.

Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at home.

To me, everything is connected. We're a part of nature. We are organic beings. None of us were - all of us come out of a woman. That's the way we're growing.