I would suggest the widow do things the husband used to do, so he seems to be there with you. You will feel like just going to bed. It's so wonderful, going to bed.

Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't blur you wouldn't have the fool's courage to do things again, again, again, that tear you apart.

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.

I never change, I simply become more myself.

How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

See, people come into your life for a reason. They might not know it themselves, why. You might not know it. But there's a reason. There has to be

Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!

This universe is your home. So make your home peaceful by loving, caring and sharing.

People who seek the truth never stop looking for it

Parenting is a partnership. Loving each other has a big impact on your children.

Consciousness is the materia poetica that Shakespeare sculpts as Michelangelo sculpts marble. We feel the consciousness of Hamlet or Iago, and our own consciousness strangely expands.

So long as I am acting from duty and conviction, I am indifferent to taunts and jeers. I think they will probably do me more good than harm.

It is forbidden to decry other sects; the true believer gives honour to whatever in them is worthy of honour.

Take care of yourselves, and live as long as you can, and do all the good you can.

Enjoy it while it lasts.

I've always been quiet and kind of shy. I'm sociable, but I would probably migrate to a corner.

Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life saying the right thing at the right time is beyond crucial.