The same thing that had happened with the flowers was happening with my longing: once I held it in my hands, I didn't know where to put it.

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 wonderful person finds amazing beauty in everything and everyone.

Even if doors are open to the fool, he/she will still be foolish in accessing them.

We are not out to boast that there is so much percentage of growth per year. Our real concern is how it affects the lives of people, the future of our country.

The whole object of my life has been to inculcate into Cornish people a sense of their Cornishness.

I don't think we need to have an either/or debate about the use of military force - I think you can be both tough and smart.

Life's picking up speed.

A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.

I would hold on, and hold on, until my hands clutch at emptiness.

It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.

You're not like the others. I've seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon.