Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Courage is adversity's lamp.

Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.

paling tidak lewat air mata, kita masih punya ketulusan jiwa. meski di satu sisi kita sering merasa kesepian

If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp.

New York is unruly, tangled. The city woos first, then mangles, then pastes back together in a fresh, dazzling mosaic.

When you talk about heroines and heroes, at the top of the list has got to be the single moms of America.

I'm a big reader, so I tend to already know the books when they're adapted into something.

The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.

Karma has always existed, as have you, I, and all things in this wonderful universe.

I think the day that I become comfortable doing interviews and going on talk shows is the day that I don't know what it is to be a human being anymore.

I wasn't sure how I'd feel about breastfeeding, but quickly realized its brilliance.

There is this inherent human instinct that the usual way you control trolling is you force people to use their real identities. So there's less trolling on Facebook, for example.