It’s our memories that teach us who we are.

Felix has always believed that if there is one thing in life that is fated it is our birth, that far-fetched conspiracy of circumstances which have to occur in order for us to get born.

Never leave home without your memories.

One consequence of ignorance is that it misdirects anger.

To tell a lie is to risk being caught out and there’s excitement in avoiding traps: it was an aspect of my childhood I was perhaps averse to relinquishing.

The temptation to betray a secret, always breathing its hot breath in your ear.

Power needs plots because plots are secret until they unfold and the most gratifying kind of power is holding onto an explosive secret.

Everything sacred begins with a circle of motion.

If you’re not going to feel how are you going to know what to think? Isn’t it in the nature of feeling to evolve thought?

It’s in our dreams that we pull people towards us.

At that moment the ghost dance seems to Zinnia like the relationship of two people who never quite consummate the love they feel for each other.

How badly arranged the world is. What is the purpose of ugliness, suffering, sadness? Why our powerless dreams? Why everything?

So, apart from casting runes, what other hobbies do you have? Forbidden rituals, human sacrifices, torturing? –

It's great when talented people in the world, in the same business, can see your work and compliment you on what you're doing and take a strong interest in your movements in your career.

Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples' cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.

My two daughters are now engaged in a scribbling rivalry.

A tough guy told me, "I'll bet you $10 you're dead." I was afraid to bet him.

It is a shame for the tongue to cast itself upon the uncertain pardon of other's ears

Success is generally due to holding on, and failure to letting go.

I can feel what you’re feeling now — and you are worth it.

Ninety percent of all mental errors are in your head.