it's a funny life. Either you don't make a red cent and you have all the time in the world, or else you get double the money and you don't have a moment to spend a penny of it.

The more the heart is nourished with happiness, the more it is insatiable.

Could we ever know each other in the slightest without the arts?

The life of a writer is tragic: the more we advance, the farther there is to go and the more there is to say, the less time there is to say it.

My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay Canadian, bringing to Canada a part of its richness.

Ideas often last but a day; feelings, dreams almost forever.

The main engagement of the writer is towards truthfulness; therefore he must keep his mind and his judgment free.

I felt the vulnerability, the fragility of the children of the world, and how it was, nonetheless, on their frail shoulders that we loaded the weight of our weary hopes and eternal new beginnings.

One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.

Of all things that can happen to us, triumph is the most difficult to endure when we are alone. Deprived of witnesses, it shrinks at once.

Curiosity ran unchecked through him, like the wind outside through the deserted streets, along the canal, around the little wooden houses, everywhere, as far as the mountain.

Nothing doth worse become a man (I will not say a Christian man) than war.

Love, kindness, compassion, and forgiveness are the secrets of all peace and happiness.

I wouldn’t be a good wife, but I would be a wife in a way that was cinematically compelling.

Those who listen with their hearts will begin to see patterns everywhere.

You know, you’re a little complicated after all.” “Oh no,” she assured him hastily. “No, I’m not really - I’m just a - I’m just a whole lot of different simple people.

I could see he was having problems taking my punches. I had no problem taking his.

Remember that animals are born to live their own lives, not to serve you! Do not use them; do not exploit them. Let them live their own lives.

When I go out I get so much love I gotta change my way of thinking.

If I managed the Cubs, I'd be an alcoholic.

It is remarkable how virtuous and generously disposed every one is at a play.