My childhood was surrounded by books and writing. From a very early age I was fascinated by storytelling, by the printed word, by language, by ideas. So I would seek them out.

The most despicable humans are the ones who always feel virtuous and look down on the rest of the world.

I looked up towards the immensity of the labyrinth. "How does one choose a single book among so many?" Isaac shrugged his shoulders. 'Some like to believe it's the book that chooses the person...destiny, in other words.

People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.

Time goes faster the more hollow it is. Lives with no meaning go straight past you, like trains that don’t stop at your station.

The greatest multiplex in the universe is inside your mind, and the only ticket you need is a good, well-written novel.

If people thought a quarter of what they speak, this world would be heaven.