The only way you can truly get to know an author is through the trail of ink he leaves behind him. The person you think you see is only an empty character: truth is always hidden in fiction.

A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.

Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.

It was a well-known fact that the richness of buttery foods led to the moral ruin and confusion of the intellect.

Everything can be forgiven in this world, save telling the truth.

One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.

I hoped my absence made them happy or at least made them forget that they weren't happy and never will be.