Libraries can take the place of God.

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.

If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.

There are four types: the cretin, the imbecile, the stupid and the mad. Normality is a balanced mixture of all four.

I love the smell of book ink in the morning.

To survive, you must tell stories.

But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don't. Don't evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo.

Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.

We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

Life is for memories, full of fun, with friends, families and joyful sun.

Stars are dusts from wise men.

If you have to convince someone that you are their soulmate then you didn't realize the thousand other guys applying for the job.

Barbecue is the third rail of North Carolina politics.

When I remember my mother, it makes me really sad. But, when I remember my father, it makes me smile.

It's a poor kind of man that won't fight for his own freedom.

It’s nice to be able to try and build the life you want for yourself.

There can be no whitewash at the White House.

It's alright to feel fear, but sometimes a very bad idea to show it.

A great book should leave you with many experiences.