There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

Erith, " he said and bowed his head. Her blue-black hair hung to her hips in soft waves.

What he was after hangs between the visible and the invisible, between the here and now and the seemingly elsewhere.

... one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people. [p. 65]

There are no truths outside the Gates of Eden.

The stairway to the ministry is not a grand staircase but a back stairwell that leads down to the servants’ quarters.

I, uh, don't think I'm, y'know, so different than your average, y'know, average.

Sanguillen is totally unpredictable to pitch to because he's so unpredictable.

As the world gets smaller and communication spreads further and further out there, you try to find the right balance.

If you do not have the concept of distance, you may reach an unreachable place!

Now is the time to make good use of time. Today is the day to begin a perfect day.