The only power that exists is inside ourselves.

But all morality is of necessity shaped by context. I'm not talking relativism, no. To ignore the context of a decision is in fact immoral.

The worst takes its time to come, and then to pass.

When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough.

Don't be a pawn in somebody's game. Find the attitude which gives you the maximum strength and the maximum dignity, no matter what else is going on

And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved.

I don't believe in anything, Mother," I said. "You told Armand long ago that you believe you'll find answers in the great jungles and forests; that the stars will finally reveal a vast truth. But I don't believe in anything. And that makes me stronger than you think