Simplicity, it seems, has always been wasted on those who simply cannot appreciate it

Not being funny doesn't make you a bad person. Not having a sense of humor does.

Well into adulthood, writing has never gotten easier. It still only ever begins badly, and there are no guarantees that this is not the day when the jig is finally up.

Altruism is innate, but it's not instinctual. Everybody's wired for it, but a switch has to be flipped.

Being a stranger was like being dead, and brought to mind how, in a book he had read that most folks misunderstood one common state: The flip side of love is indifference, not hate.

We’re creatures of contact regardless of whether/ we kiss or we wound. Still, we must come together.

There is nothing so cleansing or reassuring as a vicarious sadness.

Youth is not wasted on the young, it is perpetrated on the young.

Central to living a life that is good, is a life that's forgiving.

I am neither spontaneous nor ready for anything.

I have managed to establish an identity that is based on my internal self, and for that I feel tremendously lucky.

No. I cannot let him control me.You are mine, Adelina, Enzo growls. Turn your powers against your own fleet.

May it be written. May it be done.

Fairy tales and folk tales are for children and childlike people, not because they are little and inconsequential, but because they are as enormous as life itself.

Truth is so good a thing that falsehood can not afford to be without it.

I hate the idea that cooking should be a celebration or a party.

Whether you're earning $7 an hour or $700,000 a year, it's very important to protect your credit rating.

The movie industry is one big collaboration. Music gives me that freedom to create things straight from my heart and my mind.

The people who are playing it totally safe are never going to have either the fun or the reward of the people who decide to take some risk, stick out, do it differently.

Those who fought know a secret about themselves, and it is not very nice.

Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like clothes.