Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now!

Sometimes when she told stories about the past her eyes would get teary from all the memories she had, but they weren't tears. She wasn't crying. They were just the memories, leaking out.

I have a pretty good memory, but memories are time beings, too, like cherry blossoms or ginkgo leaves; for a while they are beautiful, and then they fade and die.

The past is weird. I mean, does it really exist ? It feels like it exists, but where is it ? And if it did exists, but doesn’t now, then where did it go ?

There are many answers, none of them right, but some of them most definitely wrong.

But in the time it takes to say now, now is already over. It's already then.

You never know who it's going to be, or what they'll bring, but whatever it is, it's always exactly what is needed.

The wondrous thing about nature, her gift to us, is her wanton promiscuity. She reproduces herself with abandon, with teeming infinite generosity.

Everything in the universe is constantly changing, and nothing stays the same, and we must understand how quickly time flows by if we are to wake up and truly live our lives.

When I start writing novels, I go into them with a spirit of inquiry, rather than to substantiate prejudices I had in the beginning. If you don't do that, you can't write good characters.

No matter how much bullying they inflict on my body, as long as I have this hope, I can endure any pain.

Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught.

The greywastes was a basin overflowing with insanity, the very earth underneath me was only surviving because it was too mad to know it had died

I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.

The challenge of modern relationships: how to prove more interesting than the other's smartphone.

It's one of the things I love most about being an author - seeing the different covers from each country.

love is like Someone is camping in your head

I think the thing that is hard for a lot of bands is that there is a lot of free music out there.

Love God and find him within - the only treasure worth finding.

Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity.

Thou hast no life to lose, because thou hast given it already to Christ, nor can man take away that without God's leave.