The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient-at others so bewildered and weak-and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control!

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Simbol, huruf dan angka adalah alat, sedangkan gagasan adalah roh sebuah tulisan.

A writer is like a stick of rock - the words go right through.

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.

What puts me in a vulnerable state? Beauty, wonder, surprise, mystery. Stuff like that.

There's something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society.

I've never met Hans Rosling, but I just knew him through his many YouTube videos, and they were absolute dynamite.

When I meditate in the morning, it really changes my day and my relationship with my day.

You should paint those visions of paradise rather than just talking about them.

The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them.

I don't know where to place my body. Everyone notices that about me. I'm very restless.