Lots of things take time, and time was Momo's only form of wealth.

Every real story is a never ending story.

Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it.

You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise.

There are many kinds of joy, but they all lead to one: the joy to be loved.

Once someone dreams a dream, it can't just drop out of existence. But if the dreamer can't remember it, what becomes of it?

My will can control anything that’s empty.

A story can be new and yet tell about olden times. The past comes into existence with the story.

There were thousands and thousands of forms of joy in the world, but that all were essentially one and the same, namely, the joy of being able to love.

Wishes cannot be summoned up or kept away at will. They come from deeper within us than good or bad intentions. And they spring up unannounced.

Momo listened to everyone and everything - even to the rain and the wind and the pine trees - and all of them spoke to her after their own fashion.

Was everybody seeing this stuff and acting as though they weren't? Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act?

Life involves a lot of unknowns.

My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.

Earth has not a spectacle more glorious or more fair to show than this love tolerating intolerance; charity covering, as with a vail, even the sin of the lack of charity.

America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home.

Being an entrepreneur isn't really about starting a business. It's a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge.

The women are the movers and shakers in the community...they initiate things...they keep things going.

If you keep walking past the barbers, eventually you'll get a haircut.

Stop policing the world and we can get rid of income tax.

Style is the instrument you can pick back up when you want to regain some of the confidence you've lost.