Esther, however, was the only woman who understood one very simple thing: in order to be able to find her, I first had to find myself.

The language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.

It is the imperfect that astonishes and attracts us.

The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don’t talk anymore, they don’t sit down to talk and listen. They go to the theater, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories.

I only invoked what you already knew.

I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writing is lonely, so from time to time I talk to them on the Internet. It's like chatting at a bar without leaving your office. I talk with them about a lot of things other than my books.

Fight for your dreams, and your dreams will fight for you.