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

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.

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

Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it.

If Roberts had been a poet or a painter or a musician

What really arouses indignation against suffering is not suffering as such but the senselessness of suffering...

To accept whatever comes regardless of the consequences is to be unafraid.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

For 'tis sweet to stammer one letter Of the Eternal's language; - on earth it is called Forgiveness!

For the first time ever, overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn't that make overweight the average then? Last month you were fat, now you're average - hey, let's get a pizza!

Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force.

What we become as our lives evolve depends on the quality of our experiences here and now.

Never say "never" about anything, because if you do, life has a way of humbling you.

The Same organizing forces that have shaped nature in all her forms are also responsible for the structure of our minds.