How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door?

To have the chance of being loved we have to take a chance on being destroyed inside

It was a sudden inspiration. But inspiration never came without a reason.

A rat is neither good nor evil. It does what a rat has to do.

There’s only one thing worse than not satisfying a desire. And that is not to feel any desire.

Love surrounds you like steam in the shower. You can't see the individual drops, but you get warm. And wet. And clean.

Doubt is faith's shadow.

Love is a greater mystery than death.

What is worse? Taking the life of a person who wants to live or taking death from a person who wants to die.

Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living.

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.

Sometimes I would almost rather have people take years of my life than take away a moment.

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.

Fate carries its own clock.

To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.

I never ask myself how I do what I do. After all, how does it rain?

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.

I see their souls, and I hold them in my hands, and because I love them they weigh nothing.

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.