A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.

I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.

Prometheus heretofore went up to Heaven, and stole fire from thence. Have not I as much Boldness as he?

My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence.

Perish the universe, provided I have my revenge!

A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.

This veridic nose arrives everywhere a quarter of an hour before its master. Ten shoemakers, good round fat ones too, go and sit down to work under it out of the rain.

A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.

Well - when I write my book, and tell the tale Of my adventures - all these little stars That shake out of my cloak - I must save those To use for asterisks.

After a while the press of business in the province put an end to our philosophizing, and I returned with increased determination to my plans to fly to the Moon.

Your neck. I want to kiss it.

Strength and victory... What he would never praise himself for, but whose loss was his most obsessive fear.

Sure, I like ice cream, but when you keep a healthy lifestyle, it's: Do you prefer sweets and crappy food, or do you prefer to have a nice body? It depends on what you want more.

Because I usually write so autobiographically, it's nice to have someone else's story or a visual and just focus on the music.

Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You're trying to put in the right ingredients.

You can build a whole world around the tiniest of touches.

Each person's grief journey is unique as a fingerprint or a snowflake.

And never forget, there is memory.

It's hard for me to put on weight.

You just write and you don't try to make sense of it. You just put it down the way you got it.

Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom.