“Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.”

“My library is an archive of longings.”

“A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.”

“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.”

“You know how they say you only hurt the ones you love? Well, it works both ways.”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”

“That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.”

“I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.”

“Love is the absence of judgment.”

“There is no place like home.”

“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.”

“You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.”

“We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.”

“If I am really a part of your dream, you'll come back one day.”

“Watch out for intellect,<br /> because it knows so much it knows nothing<br /> and leaves you hanging upside down,<br /> mouthing knowledge as your...

“Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that, despite your best efforts, will always bring you to your knees, regardless of how strong you are otherwise.”

“This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.”

“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”

“I know it's wrong - God, it's all kinds of wrong - but I just want to lie down with you and wake up with you, just once, just once ever in my life.”