They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches.

Coincidences are the scars of fate.

Write," he said. "I'll write to you as soon as I get there," answered Julian. "No. Not to me. Write books. Not letters. Write them for me, for Penelope.

There are times and places where not to be anyone is more honourable than to be someone.

Man is a moral animal abandoned in an amoral universe and condemned to a finite existence with no other prupose than to perpetuate the natural cycle of the species.

somethings can only be seen in the shadows

You women listen more to your heart and less to all the nonsense. That's why you live longer.