In every story there is a silence, some sight concealed, some word unspoken, I believe. Till we have spoken the unspoken we have not come to the heart of the story.

(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.

The writers who have the deepest influence on one are those one reads in ones more impressionable, early life, and often it is the more youthful works of those writers that leave the deepest imprint.

When all else fails, philosophize.

We must cultivate, all of us, a certain ignorance, a certain blindness, or society will not be tolerable.

I know somewhat too much; and from this knowledge, once one has been infected, there seems to be no recovering.

All creatures come into the world bringing with them the memory of justice.

But he cannot see a connection between the end of yearning and the end of poetry. Is that what growing up amounts to: growing out of yearning, of passion, of all intensities of the soul?

I don't think we are ready to die, any of us, not without being escorted.

A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us.

Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

God is willing to reveal His plans to us and His ways, if He sees that we are willing to stand till the end and take responsibility for our nation

God gives us life, but the world's landlord is the devil....

The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.

The strong are God's natural protectors of the weak.

I want to be as big as I can be. To me, being big is just playing in front of a lot of people. And that's my goal.

What wise God would consign a man to Hell for ignorance, instead of teaching him better in the afterlife?

I may speak many languages, but there remains one in which I live.

It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel that way.

Any good thing you say to me shall not be forgotten. I shall carry it as near to my heart as my children, and it shall be as often on my tongue as the name of the Great Spirit.