There's a lot I don't understand... but not understanding is better than not believing

You loved ferris wheels more than roller coasters because life shouldn’t be lived at full speed, but in anticipation and appreciation.

The real thing, when done right , is always better than a daydream

It's hard to come to terms with the fact that you aren't going to be loved the way you want to be loved.

Everybody is a main character to someone

Books allow you to be whoever you want to be, to escape yourself for a while.

Sometimes a beautiful face is false advertising

But maybe you see beauty in me because you are beautiful, not because I am.

Why don’t you focus on where you’re going and less on where you came from?

Literature makes history come to life. It is maybe the most accurate depiction of history, especially literature that was written in the time period depicted in the story.

Regret is just life's aftertaste.

Foolishness is doing ignorantly something forbidden repeatedly by sages since ages, and Madness is doing the very same prohibited thing repeatedly but intentionally.

I think I may be in love with you, Sophie," said Will. "Marriage could be in the cards.

With all those prizes the most interesting thing is getting on to the shortlist, because that tells you who people see as your peers.

Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way.

I feel very close to French culture and to the French humanism, which occasionally one finds, even in the highest places. And therefore, all of my books have been written in French.

If half an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion. A man is good or he is evil. (Melisandre of Asshai)

What any true painting touches is an absence - an absence of which without the painting, we might be unaware. And that would be our loss.

Forgive others, forgive yourself, forgive yourself for not being perfect, and accept responsibility for your own life.

You two are cracked," Tod snapped. My smile widened. "Says the undead man in love with the soulless pop star.

The problem with human beings is that they can't sit alone in a room for more than an hour.