Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

There are so many battles worth fighting for. The ones not worth fighting are the insecure battles that rage in another person’s mind.

A writer never takes a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing

There are two distinct groups of people in the world: the ones who tell stories, and those who pay attention.

Remember, the burden of sorrow is doubled when it is borne alone.

There is scarcely any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself.

Writing is the act of saying "I," of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying "listen to me, see it my way, change your mind."

The stories are most often about justice. In her stories, those who commit injustice, or act tyrannically, come to no good. They are punished.

They suggested I should introduce an element of reincarnation in the story. At first, I thought that was silly. But then, this whole time dimension began to fascinate me.

O, happy the soul that saw its own faults.

I'm trying to use the language of today to express a general existential crisis that I think the world and I are going through.