We live in the most epic of fantasy worlds.

There is more magic in our own world than in any world of fantasy.

Growing up is the greatest adventure of all.

Just because it's imaginary, doesn't mean it's not real.

To live is to travel, on a voyage more epic than the odysseys of myth - not from place to place, but through the poignant strangeness of time.

Going to sleep is an adventure: you never know where your dreams will take you.

The past is fantasy, and the future is science fiction.

Music is a language - and language, at its finest, should be music.

Somewhere beyond the pain, you turn around and realize that life is beautiful.

There are three certainties in a writer's life: death, taxes, and rejection letters.

Behind every novel is a greater story of how it came to be published.

Self-conquest is the greatest of victories.

For me faith is the foundation and support of one's life.

I want you to know that it is pleasure, not pain, that is your birthright.

Although believers by nature are far from God, and children of wrath, even as others, yet it is amazing to think how nigh they are brought to him again by the blood of Jesus Christ.

It takes some skill to spoil a breakfast - even the English can't do it.

We can learn from mistakes of others, whether they're kings or our parents. When we do learn those lessons, we're better equipped to make our own dreams come true.

Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.

Little by little, Leo [Messi] and I are understanding each other better.

Great literature is like moral leadership; everyone deplores the lack of it, but there is a tendency to prefer it from the safely dead.

I went to a fashion show, and this silver-haired guy was staring at me with these piercing water-blue eyes. It scared me because I absolutely saw and knew my entire future.