The story is not in the words; it's in the struggle.

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.

It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I think I do.

One should never underestimate the power of books.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.

Memory is the space in which a thing happens for a second time.

It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not.

Adversity is the test of strength in every soul.

Stability means respecting precedents.

Before you can teach children, you must get the silver key of kindness to unlock their hearts, and so secure their attention.

I am an anarchist, and according to anarchist principles nation states become obstacles to a true humanistic globalization.

Fatherhood makes you cute. Women find bumbling fathers cute and attractive.

If V’lane were a signpost, it would read Abandon All Personal Will, Ye Who Tread Here.

I believe the day is done. Whether it's been the best day or the worst, it's over; let it go.

I hate the taste of alcohol. When I'm drinking, I'm drinking Red Bull.

If you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart - the people who truly love you want you to love yourself.

A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.