... but the greatest wisdom is blinded by the glare of vanity.

We forget that the world is what we imagine it to be. We stop being the sun and become, instead, the pool of water reflecting it.

The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.

I am very present in my work and my work is somehow an expression of my soul, but at the same time I think that a writer cannot write out of nothing.

In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.

An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.

No one should let themselves get used to anything.