Many people in this world are merely playing a role, unaware that there is an Invisible Hand guiding them.

Dreams nourish the soul just as food nourishes the body. The pleasure of the search and of adventure feeds our dreams.

You start living for the obsession alone ... You want to arrive somewhere regardless of whether you're enjoying the road or not.

We are neither worse nor better than those who eye us critically.

I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

The end of one stage is only the beginning of another. Any dangers overcome are the necessary preparation to do better in the next stage.

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.