So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience, that the river of thy thoughts may roll limpid thenceforth.

The more souls who resonate together, the greater the intensity of their love... and, mirror-like... each soul reflects the other.

The path to paradise begins in hell.

L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle (The love that moves the sun and the other stars)

There is a gentle thought that often springs to life in me, because it speaks of you.

Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

Follow your path, and let the people talk.

Three things remain with us from paradise: stars, flowers and children.

In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

Open your eyes to what wonder exists in the world. You have within your the power to create the life you want.

I don't write novels about expeditions to the planet Mars because I haven't been there and I don't know anything about it.

Aggression is simply another name for government.

I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.

I measure my life in sentences pressed out, line by line, like the lustrous ooze on the underside of the snail, the snail's secret open seam, its wound, leaking attar.

If you go off the edge, it's not cooking anymore, so you have to push it to the limit... What are the limits?

Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God; all will be well.

Nobody said anything that time. Or maybe I just wasn’t listening. After all, someone had to keep an eye on the fridge.

Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.

The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.