I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well.

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Don't live up to your stereotypes.

When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

life is a challenge, which never accept back challenge. Accept is as it is as when it will start ignoring you that will be horrible.

I prefer temperance hotels - although they sell worse kinds of liquor than any other kind of hotels.

I am convinced that boredom is one of the greatest tortures. If I were to imagine Hell, it would be the place where you were continually bored.

No one I knew talked about money. It's not an area of interest.

The world is full of ways and means to waste time.

I take medication every day for mental illness and depression and don't feel bad about it.

Is this thing safe?" "Safe as life," Gansey replied.

Man is born dead and he remains dead till he attains wisdom! Wisdom is the only resurrection man can obtain!

I'm a huge sports fan but have no interest in minutiae. I don't remember who won Super Bowls five years ago or listen to sports talk radio.

Oft has good nature been the fool's defence, And honest meaning gilded want of sense.