All that I've lived I've forgotten, as if I'd vaguely heard it. All that I'll be reminds me of nothing, as if I'd lived and forgotten it.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

You are the architect of your future

It takes time to live. Like any work of art, life needs to be thought about.

If I would rescue one of my movies, it would be 'A Little Princess.'

One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights [...] a book belongs to the reader as well as to the writer.

Perfection is never achieved, so you need to go on working.

I love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you're doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs.

Disadvantaged kids many times don't have the support network that we all have. I know how important my parents were in my life and many of these kids don't have that support network.

We worship education but hate learning.

The law detects, grace alone conquers sin.

Edward thought he was going to ruin Bella's life and he made her happy. And that really was everything for him.