But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grown pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you.

I don't pretend reality is the same for everyone.

For me to see is to read. It has always been that way.

Of course I loved books more than people.

A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.

When I was a child, books were everything. And so there is in me, always, a nostalgic, yearning for the lost pleasure of books. It is not a yearning that one ever expects to be fulfilled.

A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.

What better place to kill time than a library?

I've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions.

Our clients' faces, with the customary outward paleness and inner glow of the book lover.

My genius is not so frail a thing that it cowers from the dirty fingers of newspapernen.

Silence is what causes most of humanity's problems

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

I'm going to Hell in a basketWeaved in from my sins, Like wickerWith little Wiccan tiesAs if I'm a witchAccused.

Magic is real. And reality... it is magical.

Put yourself in the hands of the universe-then you will have no need for control.

I’ve never lived my life by the expectations society puts on you. When something doesn’t feel right or isn’t going the way it should, I listen to my instincts and change it.

I think it's always important to be vigilant of what you're doing and aware of your surroundings.

Do not borrow tomorrow's troubles today

It is one's duty to make the most of the best that is in him.

The true Mason's level of discernment increases with every use of the working tools, because the true Mason is ever working on him/her self.