Each man, therefore, is the entire world, bearing within his genes a memory of all mankind. Or as Leibniz put it: ‘Every living substance is a perpetual living mirror of the universe’

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.

It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I think I do.

One should never underestimate the power of books.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.

Memory is the space in which a thing happens for a second time.

It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not.

Lie beside me, oh my beloved! For thy thorns are more pleasurable than the petals of the world.Hold me in thy arms of hope, for the truth of separation can rest tonight.

It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing.

It seems to me if I were young and in love I should never deem a man of ordinary caliber worthy of my devotion.

I have trashed the to-do list. To help my brain...

Personally I am not very self-reliant when it comes to internet and computers.

Children say they are unhappy in every language they have. They say it in silence, and they say it in riots.

Our bodies are home to trillions of microbes, and these creatures define who we are.

The world looks like it was designed. Of course, the Sun also looks like it goes around the Earth. It is only thru science that we know that both of these perceptions are wrong.

Writing is a crummy profession, but a good hobby.

To patronize the faculty of taste is to patronize oneself. For taste governs every free - as opposed to rote - human response.