But love is much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current.

It's the oasis," said the camel driver. "Well, why don't we go there right now?" the boy asked. "Because we have to sleep.

It's not what enters men's mouth that is evil," said the alchemist. It's what comes out of their mouths that is.

The great conquest is the result of small, unnoticed victories.

When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision.

She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then fall asleep in his arms and sleep as a child sleeps, knowing that someone stronger than you is protecting you from all evil and all danger

They are words that are easy enough to say and which fill vast empty spaces.