To little men, gods send little things.

A great book is like great evil.

I wept as I remembered how often you and I had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky.

O Charidas, what of the under world? Great darkness. And what of the resurrection? A lie. And Pluto? A fable; we perish utterly.

Nothing unattested do I sing.

Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four; Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face, She shines a new Venus, a Muse, and a Grace.

Big book, a big bore.

I abhor, too, the roaming lover, nor do I drink from every well; I loathe all things in common

A good man never dies.

A big book is a big misfortune.

You're walking by the tomb of Battiades, Who knew well how to write poetry, and enjoy Laughter at the right moment, over the wine.

If I'm outside, I want something flat on my feet.

I want to make my own life a masterpiece.

I swim against the tide because I like to annoy.

Cannot the love of Christ carry the missionary where the slave-trade carries the trader? I shall open up a path to the interior or perish.

I always loved reading. Growing up, my favorite book was 'A Child's Garden of Verses,' by Robert Louis Stevenson.

I learned from Rossellini that you are rich even if you have a little money.

Emotions were for those too weak to turn them off.

Fate, I think, is a thief.

I'm no good at describing my books. 'Holes' has been out now for seven years, and I still can't come up with a good answer when asked what that book is about.

Many Americans have no idea of what has been the foreign policy of their country. If you don't know about something, you can't understand what is going on.