A masterpiece of fiction is an original world and as such is not likely to fit the world of the reader.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

It is necessary ... to yield to the storm, purchase a peace, and wait patiently for better times.

You are the vessels of endless love. Your little, soft and melting heart is always carrying it for you and all, endlessly.

Breathing involves a continual oscillation between exhaling and inhaling, offering ourselves to the world at one moment and drawing the world into ourselves at the next...

There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person.

once, a boy told a girl : i will stay with you forever, little did she know that his forever is only three months because..he died of cancer!

I'm confident - confident in my skin, and I'm cool with my flaws and all that stuff.

I can't control what happens to me, but I can control how I respond to it.

Our home joys are the most delightful earth affords, and the joy of parents in their children is the most holy joy of humanity.

The best way to stop girls achieving anything is to force them to achieve everything.

People are hungry because they're eating empty foods. Mine are full, and so am I.