Her tiny and organized handwriting reminded me of the tidiness of her desk, as if she'd wanted to find in words the peace and safety that life hadn't wanted to grant her.

People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.

Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.

Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.

There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.

Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.

The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.

Books hold no passports. There's only one true literary tradition: the human.

Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.

Words are better than weapons, wisdom is better than war.

That Woman is in love with her own grief.

Saint Augustine defined idolatry as worshiping what should be used or using what should be worshiped

No one decides where I go, least of all myself, though each step is where it must be.

Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself.

I love 'Saturday Night Live,' and I really feel like people who have left before me have always stayed with the show. They never really quite left, which is nice. Everyone kind of stays close.

And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.

A team aligned behind a vision will move mountains

He that lendeth to another in time of prosperity, shall never want help himself in the time of adversity.

I guess if I had fifty million dollars I could spend more time at home.