Words are the source of misunderstandings.

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.

But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.

Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.

The only things you learn are the things you tame

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him... The land of tears is so mysterious.

When someone blushes, doesn't that mean 'yes'?

if we work together, we can do everything, if we just watch each other, we can do nothing

Rebuke them that violates the principles of kingdom of God

You want to make a representative selection, but at the same time, you want to give a sense of the whole project. I have this big conflict in my writing life that I'm trying to work out all the time.

There are people you meet that you get to know, and then there are people you meet that you already know.

If the Devil is real, then God must be real, too.

I've always liked Kate Winslet. She's pretty, smart, and talented.

You may as soon find a living man who does not breathe, as a living Christian who does not pray.

A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and his affairs are not neglected by the gods.

Do you love him?" There were only a few people in the world who could ask me such insanely personal questions without getting punched. Dimitri was one of them.

Good jokes are gems. A good idea is hard to come by. I couldn't give them to someone else, even for money. It just wouldn't seem right.