Everybody must seem crazy if you see deep enough into their minds.

Love can be the most dreadful disguise that hate assumes.

The unrecognized genius of our time.

The most underrated of all contemporary American writers of fiction.

love yourself, ., ., ., for the sake of your better future

We can let go of the person or love or friendship without letting go of the lesson.

The best way to keep a secret is to forget about it.

Short stories amount for the most part to parlour tricks, party favours with built-in snappers, gadgets for including recognition and reversals

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

You can never have too much coffee”, I said He turned and smiled at me. “You think so, but the rest of us get a little OD’ed on your level of caffeine.

Praise to our Father-God, High praise in solemn lay, Alike for what His hand hath given, And what it takes away.

We wake sleeping, and sleep waking. I do not see so clearly in my sleep; but as to my being awake, I never found it clear enough and free from clouds.

Young people, I happen to believe, are the world's most precious natural resource.

When I made a big effort in '96 and it is not - I squeezed and I arrested a part of [terroristic groups].