The words with which a child's heart is poisoned, whether through malice or through ignorance, remain branded in his memory, and sooner or later they burn his soul.

People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.

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.

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.

Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.

People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.

Many sheep but one Shepherd.

Maybe the reason faith is called faith is because seeing doesn’t lead to belief, but belief transforms the way we see.

Regrets serve their purpose. You'll see.

We will take care of every single person in our society. That is our task.

Sadness isn't a natural response.

If you don't feel you're the best, then you shouldn't be doing your job. No one else cares if you don't care about yourself.

The rain came down upon my head - Unshelter'd. And the wind rendered me mad and deaf and blind.

everything changes, nothing perishes

Ponce de Leon, who said when he discovered the Fountain of Youth, Where the hell are the paper cups? Never got a dinner!

Merely having seen the season change in a country gave one the sense of having been there for a long time.