Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.

Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.

But if we are talking in terms of making progress in life, we must understand that "good enough" is very different from "best.

I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.

No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it

Facing the difficulties, I can choose either to be a poor victim or a great adventurer.

Life moves very fast. it rushes us from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.

Profound desire, true desire is the desire to be close to someone.

I was very happy in both my marriages. I was unfaithful and so were they, just like any other normal couple.

We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.

The soul of man is larger than the sky, Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark Of the unfathomed center.

The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God's thought and hand, is our own soul!

Discipline is positive. Discipline is training. Teaching and discipline are inseparable.

A good culture in a hospital can absorb and manage a few bad nurses, but once the culture becomes bad in itself, bad nursing practice is much harder to hide.

Isolation is a blind alley....Nothing on the planet grows except by convergence.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

The true objective of war is peace.

My mantra is "I don't want to let anybody down." Maybe that's not the right attitude, because you can't please everybody. But I'm giving it everything I've got.

As a writer, you are free.