“You are too full of your own hopes to hold anyone else’s.”

“We are who we are, be­cause of those we choose to love and be­cause of those who love us.”

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”

“Don’t underestimate me so easily. Tiny spikes can overturn big trucks!”

“Read this to yourself. Read it silently.Don’t move your lips. Don’t make a sound. Listen to yourself. Listen without hearing anything.What a wonderfully weird thing, huh? NOW MAKE THIS PART LOUD! SCREAM IT IN YOUR MIND! DROWN EVERYTHING OUT.Now, hear a whisper. A tiny whisper. Now, read this next line in your best crotchety- old man voice:”Hello there, sonny. Does your town have a post office?”Awesome! Who was that? Whose voice was that? It sure wasn’t yours! How do you do that?How?! It must’ve been magic.”

“Dreamworlds can maintain themselves only as glimpses. Once the writer transports the reader across the threshold, nothing that was promised can be delivered. What was ominous becomes ordinary; what was bizarre, quotidian. Unless you simply keep upping the ante, piling on the bullshit, the only way to revive things is to switch perspectives as quickly as you can.”

“Education is what you learn after you leave school.”

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.”

“I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing.”

“पंद्रह साल की उम्र वह उम्र होती है जिसमें कोई लड़का कभी किसी हसीन दोशीजा की जुस्तजू में समर्पण कर देना चाहता है और कभी किसी इंकलाब की आरज़ू में बगावत का परचम उठा लेना चाहता है। मगर इन दोनों चाहों के मूल में एक ही चाह होती है, ख़ूबसूरती की चाह। कभी आइने में झलकते अपने ही अक्स से मुहब्बत हो जाना तो कभी अपनी कमियों और सीमाओं से विद्रोह पर उतर आना, सब कुछ अनंत के सौन्दर्य को ख़ुद से लपेट लेने और ख़ुद में समेट लेने की क़वायद सा होता है।”

“The best way to measure how much you’ve grown isn’t by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track, or even your grade point average– though those things are important, to be sure. It’s what you’ve done with your time, how you’ve chosen to spend your days, and whom you’ve touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.”

“She sighed, annoyed at her restlessness. “So,” she said, disrupting Wolf in another backward glance.“Who would win in a fight—you or a pack of wolves?”He frowned at her, all seriousness. “Depends,” he said, slowly, like he was trying to figure out her motive for asking. “How big is the pack?”“I don’t know, what’s normal? Six?”“I could win against six,” he said. “Any more than that and it could be a close call.”Scarlet smirked. “You’re not in danger of low self-esteem, at least.”“What do you mean?”“Nothing at all.” She kicked a stone from their path. “How about you and … a lion?”“A cat? Don’t insult me.”She laughed, the sound sharp and surprising. “How about a bear?”“Why, do you see one out there?”“Not yet, but I want to be prepared in case I have to rescue you.”The smile she’d been waiting for warmed his face, a glint of white teeth flashing. “I’m not sure. I’ve never had to fight a bear before.”

“Stairs to success are made of people.”

“Science of happiness lies in our understanding. The secrets of happiness lie in our capacity to expand our heart.”