I love you, I thought. But I didn’t say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one— that she won’t say it back.

those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.

Something with inner beauty will live forever, like the scent of a rose.

Sometimes, unexpected things can happen.

The magic is over, but its effects will live forever.

It would be so great to have someone my own age to talk to, even if it was just about books.

Just because something is beautiful doesn´t mean it´s good.

You are ugly now, on the inside, where it matters most...you are beastly.

People make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don´t even notice anymore...

It hurts too much so I don't want to talk about it.

I just knew. There was no movie ending. There was only an ending.

If you don't know history, you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree.

The Librarians control the information... They control what gets read, what gets seen, and what gets learned. Because of that they have power.

Language is an inventory of human experience.

I like being married. I'm at home with my wife and kids all the time now. I don't go out for wild nights.

I like the nice guys. I like when they show the stories, the human element behind it all.

I love the way knitting brings people together.

Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.

To lay down one's life for the truth.

Here's a secret. Many novelists, if they are pressed and if they are being honest, will admit that the finished book is a rather rough translation of the book they'd intended to write.

Do the thing that's less passive. Do the active thing. There's more of the human in that.