The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence.

Both my parents were very supportive of me in whatever I wanted to do.

But those who seek only reassurance from life will never be more than tourists—seeing everything and trying to possess what can only be felt.Beauty is the shadow of imperfection.

We all have different lives, Martin believes – but in the end probably feel the same things, and regret the fear we thought might somehow sustain us.

Should you ever feel too lonely…listen for the roar of the sea- for in it are all those who’ve been and all those who are to come.

Life had called his name, and without thinking, he had stepped forward. He wondered if perhaps he was becoming the person he had always wanted to be.

Every parent, no matter how cultured or sophisticated, will one day succumb to a child’s pleas to visit Walt Disney World Resort.

Coincidences mean you’re on the right path.

I was always a writer, by which I mean I was always scribbling away, doing something with pen and paper.

Children are the closest we have to wisdom, and they become adults the moment that final drop of everything mysterious is strained from them.

I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment – we are all defined by something we can’t...

He might be famous (local newspaper or television) for finding it, true—but if fame takes away the thing it celebrates, then Sebastien would prefer the inspired silence. We’re all famous in our own hearts anyway.

You were unsure which pain is worse — the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.

Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian.

Succes is really nothing more than the record of failure. To be successful means you must be willing to fail more than anyone else.

There are times in life when language fails us, when everything that needs to be said can be expressed only by saying nothing at all.