I have always preferred maps to books. They don't answer you back.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

Never give up just because you failed initially

I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.

In every life story, including our own, decisions are made in haste that determine the course of eternity.

Stupidity is a personal achievement which transcends national boundaries.

We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning.

I think at its best, sport does bring us together.

Whether you know it or not, whether you like it or not, the habits you are developing now will be with you for the rest of your life.

I'm not a guy who is out trying to promote myself. It's really not me.

O world! O life! O time! On whose last steps I climb

One thing about the past. It's likely to last.