And just then he realized in a flash that men have only this sad knowledge with which to heal themselves: when you lose life, you grow wise. But that is better than maiming life to hold it.

A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.

The biggest trouble with success is that its formula is just about the same as that for a nervous breakdown.

I liked the rain. It made it harder, the harder the better. I didn't see accidents but there are a lot of broken cars out there.

To be beat is to be at the bottom of your personality, looking up.

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.

I was never aware of any other option but to question everything.

Love doesn't always come when you want it to. Sometimes it just happens, despite your will.

The secret to happiness is to never make it dependent on that which can be taken away

So many stories, and to choose which ones to tell and how to tell them. The words, they will tap me on the shoulder and they will speak to me: Tell me! Tell me! The stories choose me.

Light comes to us unexpectedly and obliquely. Perhaps it amuses the gods to try us. They want to see whether we are asleep.

What's this business of being a writer. It's just putting one word after another.

The problem that is to solve urgently is the ignorance of the people.

And as such, we need to be empathetic and understanding.

We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us?

I didn't want my last chapter to be the guy who sits at the piano and sings love songs.