What I fear is not being forgotten after my death, but, rather, not being enough forgotten. As we were saying, it is not our books that survive, but our poor lives that linger in the histories.

No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.

If the flame inside you goes out, the souls that are next to you will die of cold.

Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.

That is the mystery of grace: it never comes too late.

Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell.

The scapegoat has always had the mysterious power of unleashing man's ferocious pleasure in torturing, corrupting, and befouling.

Doubt is nothing but a trivial agitation on the surface of the soul, while deep down there is a calm certainty.

A cemetery saddens us because it is the only place of the world in which we do not meet our dead again.

There is no accident in our choice of reading. All our sources are related.

A writer is essentially a man who does not resign himself to loneliness.

When I Am Within, I Am Never Without.

Adversity relieves people of vanity and egotism. It discourages selfishness by proving that no one can succeed without the cooperation of others.

Life however is teeming with vitality and is likewise terribly tenacious

Success is that old ABC- ability breaks and courage.

To gain the book, one must give up all hope for the book. It is the only way the book can get written.

Real affection comes from the face. Those political leaders, when they meet, they are always hugging, but not very genuine. Deep, sincerity comes from face and eye.

I'm a bad dater. I'm the most socially awkward person, like carrying on conversations and stuff.

Whatever education I got was from experience and reading. But I also realize I wouldn't pass my friend's sixth-grade class.

Humility is the only lens though which great things can be seen--and once we have seen them, humility is the only posture possible.

Rapists who might've been convicted were free to assault other women.