Some disappointments honor those who inspire them

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 child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.

Certainly, if he still has himself, a man of understanding has lost nothing.

I don't wear jewelry, as a man.

I look at Guy Fieri and I just think, 'Jesus, I'm glad that's not me.'

Secrets with girls, like guns with boys, are never valued till they make a noise.

I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.

A man will go to war, fight and die for his country. But he won't get a bikini wax.

There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't hope. The hopers would feel slighted if they knew.

The purpose of dharma is to help your mind to expand, to grow, to clarify. It should uphold us and create an inner sense of peace, joy, and clarity.

Now I will believe that there are unicorns.