We all didn't come into to the world at the same time so it makes sense that we don't leave it at the same time.

Pain and suffering are the soil of strength and courage.

I think that hurting gives us a way to measure being happy. How can you know one without knowing the other.

You don't know me, but I know about you...I can't make you live longer. I can't stop you from hurting. But I can give you one wish, as someone did for me.

So this is always the key: you have to write the book you love, the book that's alive in your heart. That's the one you have to write.

Who wants to be used? I love to read, so books are my main friends. They're always available, always friendly, and always interesting, and they never make me choose sides.

I have known some magnificent young people who died very young but had wonderful lives and inspired many people by their short existence.