Let your tears roll tonight, but tomorrow you will start the battle again. What defeats us, always, is just our own sorrow.

Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.

A life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most treacherous.

I am the son of the road , my country is a caravan and my life is the most unexpected of voyages. i belong to earth and to the god and it is to them that I will one day soon return

Isn't it a characteristic of the age we live in that it has made everyone in a way a migrant and a member of a minority?

Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person who harbors them with difficult choices

I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road... all tongues and all prayers belong to me. But I belong to none of them.

For it is often the way we look at other people that imprisons them within their own narrowest allegiances. And it is also the way we look at them that may set them free.

are you certain that a man's life begins with his birth?

life is not so long that one can grow tired of it

... we die, just as we were born, at the edge of a road not of our choosing.

The successful man is one who had the chance and took it.

If you want to go to Spain or you want to go to France or you want go to [any] southern European countries, [Lisbon] is a great place to [connect].

Hope, politeness, the blowing of a nose, the squeak of a boot, all produce "boum.

I knew I wanted it to be a piece of theatre rather than just a concert.

Where big data is all about seeking correlations - and thus to make incremental changes - small data is all about causations - seeking to understand the reasons why.

The fear habit is very detrimental because you attract the things you fear. If we have any fear we need to get rid of it.

I love a red lip - it's such a powerful statement. It exudes confidence and makes for a bold look.

Most people don't have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.

I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.

A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader's soul.