Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice.

People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.

Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.

Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.

The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.

Books hold no passports. There's only one true literary tradition: the human.

Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.

Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.

People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.

¿Preguntas cúal es el fundamento de la sabiduría? No gozarte en cosas vanas.

Count your blessings with gratitude no matter how small or big they are, and stop letting your lacks blindfold you from noticing how blessed that you are.

And remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love but by how much you are loved by others.

Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.

I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.

There's tons of external and internal pressures that we deal with but live for God and you'll be alright.

New York has inspired more remarkable music than any other city I can think of.

I was really good in high school, so in college I was going to be really bad.

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.

Kings play at war unfairly with republics; they can only lose some earth, and some creatures they value as little, while republics lose in every soldier a part of themselves.