If the novelist isn't surprised by where his book ends up, he or she probably hasn't written anything worth remembering.

Reality whistles a different tune underwater.

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.

In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.

The beet is the most intense of vegetables

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

It is better to be small, colorful, sexy, careless, and peaceful.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, orperhaps of subconsciousness—I wouldn't know. But I amsure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.

Happiness is the ultimate purpose of life and supreme happiness comes from adding value in others life.

I love you as the rain loves the earth.

There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.

Growing up in America, I never really appreciated my culture. I knew what being Hispanic was, but I thought that since I didn't look Hispanic, I was white.

The great thing about America is, you don't have to listen unless you want to.

I am one of those authors who believes (perhaps foolishly) that she is in complete control of the story.

A giant vulture with a girl hanging from its feet tends to attract attention.

The pulpit style of Germany has been always rustically negligent, or bristling with pedantry.

The spirit of a youth That means to be of note, begins betimes.