I think all writers are a bit crazy; Damaged souls, incapable of doing anything else.

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.

It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I think I do.

One should never underestimate the power of books.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.

Memory is the space in which a thing happens for a second time.

It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not.

War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war.

People are like songs to me. About 60 seconds in, I'll know whether or not to add them to my 'favorites.

Man rarely knows his power.

Being popular or not, having company or being alone, are not issues of concern for the developed soul.

It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.

I hate to be treated as if I'm invisible. I get incensed when people talk across me or refuse to catch my eye in a restaurant or shop.

I began to measure things in absence instead of presence.

Baltimore is one of the most beautiful towns, really. And trust me, I don't say that about every place. There is just something so quaint, old and beautiful about this place.

If we truly love God, we will express it by loving our neighbors, and when we truly love our neighbors, it expresses our love for God.

Your biggest challenge is a middle class mindset; PFS goes against the traditional, middle class way of thinking.