“If I succeed in putting some warmth and love into the work, then it will find friends.”

“Many people see happiness only in their future.”

“A loving soul was always more beautiful over the long haul, but actual prettiness was fleeting.”

“So many books, so little time.”

“Every story I’ve written was written because I had to write it. Writing stories is like breathing for me; it is my life.”

“I would like The Discovery of Poetry to be a field guide to the natural pleasures of language – a happiness we were born to have.”

“So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points, many of which he sacrificed as the book’s form hardened.”

“You know how you let yourself think that everything will be alright if you can only go to certain place or do a certain thing. But when you get there you find it’s not that simple.”

“Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.”

“What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can’t move, with no hope of rescue. Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn’t been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won’t be troubling you much longer.”

“Pensar incomoda como andar à chuvaQuando o vento cresce e parece que chove mais.”

“Times like this were special. Memory builders. When something extraordinary happened to a person the kind of things remembered forever after it didn’t have to be a life-changing event like a graduation or marriage or birth of a child. It more often was the small things. The sheer joy of summer sunlight on a fragrant flower. The giggle of a toddler. The brush of a lover’s fingertips. And the person marks the moment with the flashing insight thinking… This is special. I should remember this”

“Some stories remain incomplete but they are beautiful.”

“On a mental level, kindness and compassion give rise to lasting joy.”

“Reg: Speaking of blunt, dinner is on my bill tonight, mes amis.Alex: What’s the occasion?Augustus: Lady Caroline’s agreed to venture out on a picnic with out intrepid hero. Kit: I don’t know why you keep insisting she’s smitten with me. I’ve barely spoken five sentences to her.Augustus: It’s very simple. Reg has thrown his entire being into pleasing Caroline. She knows every nuance of his thought and character. You, however, are a mystery to be explored, solved, and resolved.”