When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Eddie discovered one of his childhood's great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought.

My wish before I die, to keep the faith.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

Writing is not hard work, it is simply an obsession.

My favorite holiday is my birthday-it's very Leo.

Death eats up all things, both the young lamb and old sheep; and I have heard our parson say, death values a prince no more than a clown.

Ethics seems a morass which we have to cross, but get hopelessly bogged in when we make the attempt.

Some of us should learn to ask for bold things that require God.

I definitely believe in plastic surgery. I don't want to be an old hag. There's no fun in that.

She put a wedge beside my heart And then she brought the mallet down She sang no song to guide her work I lost my heart without a sound