Loneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits.

So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.

Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.

I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.

I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.

The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line

The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The people around you are the instruments that God will use to help you

Smile, just to infuriate those who envy you.

Men are so inevitably mad that not to be mad would be to give a mad twist to madness.

Grace is more desirable than gold.

Introversion at least if extreme is a sign of mental and spiritual immaturity.

English is a forgiving language. It's not like Classical Arabic and it's not like French. You can speak broken English and be expressive and no one will hold it against you.

The places I've travelled and cultures I've experienced have been reflected in my home decor choices.

I think there should be an Occupy Gallifrey. Because 0.000001% of the people have 99.99999% of the Time.

Motherhood is the greatest thing Ive ever done in my life.

We really shouldnt be running education like a supermarket where you compare prices.