Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. even in silence we are living our stories

An inner darkness is darker than an outer darkness.

The law is simple. Every experience is repeated or suffered till you experience it properly and fully the first time.

The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader.

We disliked the rigours of existence, the unfulfilled longings, the enshrined injustices of the world, the labyrinths of love, the ignorance of parents, the fact of dying, and the amazing indifference of the Living in the midst of the simple beauties of the universe. We feared the heartlessness of human beings, all of whom are born blind, few of whom ever learn to see.

A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life.

Maybe there are only three kinds of stories: those we live, those we tell, and those that help our souls fly upwards to a greater life.