Words are nets through which all truth escapes.

When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child's hands, you are bringing that child news of the infinitely varied nature of life. You are an awakener.

A good novel begins with a small question and ends with a bigger one.

The minute you become conscious that you are doing good, that's the minute you have to stop because from then on it's wrong.

To be human is to be in a story.

Families hold each other in an iron grip of definition. One must break the grip, somehow.

The language of labels is like paper money, issued irresponsibly, with nothing of intrinsic value behind it, that is, with no effort of the intelligence to see, to really apprehend.

Literature is the province of imagination, and stories, in whatever guise, are meditations on life.

People steal into one's consciousness and occupy what seems, in retrospect, to have been their place all along.

I was the goldfish that leapt out of the bowl.

Life is all getting used to what you're not used to.

too much happiness always overflowed into tears of sorrow.

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.

The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage.

Brave is not saying I have no fear. It’s being terrified and still moving forward.

No one could ever hate me as much as I hate myself, okay? So any mean thing someone's gonna think of to say about me, I've already said to me, about me, probably in the last half hour!

Man always thinks about the past before he dies.

Oh Death where is thy sting! It has none. But life has.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games.

Human beings tend to be conservative, so if you lie, you'll probably be closer to the truth.