All pasts are like poems; one can derive a thousand things, but not live in them.

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

The profoundest distances are never geographical.

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more what you will become. It is what you are and always will be.

Time is not a road - it is a room.

The pronoun is one of the most terrifying masks man has invented.

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common - a need to create an alternative world.

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me.

Alive. Alive in the way that death is alive.

An answer is always a form of death.

Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them.

Discontent is want of self-discipline it is infirmity of will.

The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter.

You have to smile. Smile like you're really excited.

The tailoring may be a softer, more draped, but I don't believe it's any less smart. For sure it feels more relaxed, it's a different kind of elegance, but I'd never call it casual.

If the big rocks don't go in first, they aren't going to fit in later.

Yeah, but I don't believe everything I read.

That is good. It is a law of nature. That is the way with all founders of religion. Without persecution superior ideas cannot penetrate into the heart of society.

We feel our shell keeps us safe, but it crushes us and others, and keeps out light and sun.

Misa: I can't imagine a world without Light! L: Yes, that would be dark.