People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living isn't complicated enough

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

Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.

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.

Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.

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.

A perfect person is easy to love. But when somebody likes all your imperfections, well, that's when you know they really mean it.

Friends are like books, you learn from every one of them.

I realized that that was how heartbreak occurred. Your heart wants something, but reality resists it. Death is inert and heavy, and it has no relation to your heart's desires.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.

Hitchcock's murder set-pieces are so potent, they can galvanize (and frighten) even a viewer who's seen them before!

The harder we look at our aches and ailments, the more we will be startled by the painful truths they are trying to convey about our dangerously disembodied way of life.

Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever.

I'm just a huge fan of Joe Carnahan. He's such a charismatic individual and somebody that just applies every part of himself to the project he's in.

You just walk over there and into the office and say, 'Hey, be my prom date,'" he said. "It's that simple.