People say strange things, the boy thought. Sometimes it's better to be with the sheep, who don't say anything. And better still to be alone with one's books. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hear them. But when you're talking to people, they say some things that are so strange that you don't know how to continue the conversation.

I simply believe that a book has a journey to make, and should not be condemned to being stuck on a shelf… Let’s leave our books free to travel, then, to be touched by other hands, and enjoyed by other eyes.

Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.

You must find your treasure in order to make sense of everything you discovered on the path.

It's in the present that lies the secret: if you pay attention to the present you will be able to enhance it.

Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed

if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.