The stories we pretend do not exist, are the stories that will haunt us till the end.

We belong where we are most loved

A feminist is a woman lover not a man hater

Delayed, unexpressed appreciation is meaningless. The dead need no appreciation. The living do.

In a relationship, it is not what you ask and receive that delights. It is receiving what you wanted but never asked

There should be a measure for happiness or sadness, like the width of your smile, the twinkle in your eyes, the depth of your laughter or the salt of your tears.

There are times when you are home to yourself and you long for company.

No one is a failure until that is the only definition of themselves that they are willing to see within.

Only if I heal, can you heal. Only if you heal, can I heal. Otherwise, we would continue to scar each other.

Most of the conversations we are ever likely to have with people are the things we do not and cannot say

You know you have arrived when you have stopped caring about the destination

I gave up what I can't keep for something I can never lose.

All fathers are liars . . . If you want to be a father, you have to be prepared to become a liar.

Stubbornness destroys good advice.

Another fact that doesn't exactly brighten up our days is that Mr. Van Maaren, the man who works in the warehouse, is getting suspicious about the Annex.

The mind is like a fertile garden in which anything that is planted, flowers or weeds, will grow.

Why then we should drop into poetry.

I definitely feel like when I write a book it's not my job to police or guide the readers. The book and the characters don't belong to me anymore. If that makes sense.

Buy whatever kids are selling on card tables in their front yard.

Our biggest technology that we ever, ever invented was articulated language with built-out grammar. It is that that allows us to imagine things far in the future and things way back in the past.

The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron.