In 'real life' everything is diluted; in the novel everything is condensed.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

Time, as such doesn't travel! It's the paradox & uncertainty inside you that makes it travel.

being well and well being is my way of life

The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes that he who distrusts them.

To all the girls out there who think being funny is not sexy, you are wrong!

dreams are shadows cast by truth shining on our darkest secrets

If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake. That will be his punishment-as well as the prison.

The soul, too has her virginity and must bleed a little before bearing fruit.

I have sworn to uphold the Constitution ... and a free press is absolutely vital to the freedom of this country.

The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this: the sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment.

The Chinese government since 1979 has been very successful in economic development, and successful enough, simply by surviving, in the realm of political development.