Sometimes we don't need words. Rather, it's words that need us.

The power to concentrate was the most important thing. Living without this power would be like opening one’s eyes without seeing anything.

Our faces were no more than ten inches apart but she was lightyears away from me.

Letters are just pieces of paper," I said. "Burn them, and what stays in your heart will stay; keep them, and what vanishes will vanish.

Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so... I have to compete with popular culture, including TV, magazines, movies and video games.

A theory is a battlefield in your head.

Each of us possesses a tangible living soul. The system has no such thing. We must not allow the system to exploit us.