“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”

“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”

“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.”

“Dreams are always crushing when they don't come true. But it's the simple dreams that are often the most painful because they seem so personal, so reasonable, so attainable....

“I'm saying that I'm a moody, insecure, narrow-minded, jealous, borderline homicidal bitch, and I want you to promise me that you're okay with that, because it's who I am, and...

Simplicity, patience, compassion.<br /> These three are your greatest treasures.<br /> Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.<br...

“A library is infinity under a roof.”

“I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God- it changes me.”

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”

“Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?”

“I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem.”

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”

“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”

History is a pack of lies we play on the dead.

“Angry people are not always wise.”

“Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good.”

God is always on the side of the big battalions.

“He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though...keep up...