I saw you before. All your flaws, your imperfections. Your body’s going to a lot of trouble to hide something, something inside of you. It must be very precious.

I have often believed the pen to be a needle, and ink to be a thread. Each story is an intricately woven tapestry and with each word I invariably sew a piece of myself into the page.

We are more than the person who wakes each day. We are the dreams of the previous night and the nightmares of the week before.

The death of a lesser man is the death of all those who believe themselves to be greater.

When the time comes for you to leave this earth, if it doesn’t become a lesser place with your absence, then you have wasted your life.

Knowledge is too final. Not knowing lets you dream a little.

I hasten to sleep so that I might dreamand colour my mind with a myriad of things.

In a corner of my soul there hides a tiny frightened child, who is frightened by a corner where there lingers something wild.

All the stars are a riot of flowers.

Too often, we miss out on opportunities in this life because we were too busy waiting for them to fall into our lap that we missed them tapping on our shoulder.

It seems only yesterday I used to believethere was nothing under my skin but light.If you cut me I could shine.But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life, I skin my knees. I bleed.

I still can't get over the idea that respectable adults now go to see superhero movies and that such films get reviewed in the 'New Yorker.' Clearly, I am seriously out of step with the times.

Be completely true to yourself and you'll be happy.

Mindfulness is so powerful that the fact that it comes out of Buddhism is irrelevant.

We're just a weed in the universe

You have to learn to accept your body. You have to learn to like what you see in the mirror. There are definitely times when I don't feel like myself, but you have to fake it until you make it.

Emilie. A beautiful name for a beautiful girl.

Iorek Byrnison: Can is not the same as must. Lyra Silvertongue: But if you must and you can, then there's no excuse.