Remember: A best-selling book usually follows a simple rule, It's a wonderful story, wonderfully told; not, It's a wonderfully told story.

That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.

You are, and always have been, my dream.

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

I want you to be.... happy.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

A man cannot impart the true feeling of things to others unless he himself has experienced what he is trying to tell of.

It wont do to say that the reader is too dumb or too lazy to keep pace with the train of thought. If the reader is lost, it's usually because the writer hasn't been careful enough

I have everything under control. It's time you realized it and let me be who I am.

I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information.

I think you're working and learning until you die.

Have Ithaka always in your mind. Your arrival there is what you are destined for. But don't in the least hurry the journey.

Failure is not an option. Failure is a prerequisite.

I was surrounded by phonies...They were coming in the goddam window.

As soon as you feel comfortable, that's when it's time to start over.

It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.