There's no such thing as life; or if there is, It is faster than the weather, faster than Any character. It is more than any scene: Of the guillotine or of any glamorous hanging.

True villains are extremely photogenic.

All the great things have been denied and we live in an intricacy of new and local mythologies, political, economic, poetic, which are asserted with an ever-enlarging incoherence.

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The imagination is one of the forces of nature.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

I do not know which to prefer - The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after.

It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

But, with time, one has encountered many of the monsters, and one is increasingly less terrified of those still to be met.

Peace is a butterfly Flying flower to flowerWith a song in her heartBut a great love for the beautyWith a great purpose and duty.

I’ve been firmly grounded in reality since I was a child, and I’m still waiting for it to impress me.

Memory is sweet.Even when it's painful, memory is sweet.

How do you make me smile when it seems like there’s nothing in the whole world to smile about?

You are my girlfriend," whispered Matthew. " You're my girl and I'm your guy, and you're my girl and I'm your guy. Let's not fight." -pg 126

Eventually you'll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you've copped and begin to put your own mark on them

Every country has its own diplomacy. Being part of Europe doesn't mean giving up one's independence or no longer being able to take the initiative.

...Suddenly normal wasn't good enough.