One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one’s regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing, and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different.

the mind has a thousand eyes, and the heart has one:yet the light of a whole life dies when love is done.

It is not always the job of people shouting outside impressive buildings to solve problems. It is often the job of the people inside, who have paper, pens, desks, and an impressive view.

People worry more about girls, for a good reason: I don't think my parents thought I was going to be raped by a classmate or attacked when I was walking alone in some neighborhood. So it's not just paranoid parents.

Never mind what my name is,” the man said. “No one can pronounce it anyway. Just call me Sir.

Young writers should read books past bedtime and write things down in notebooks when they are supposed to be doing something else.

Announcing your death should be like announcing that you are a lunar moth: It must be done quietly or it will not be believed.