"All children are born rebels and explorers until they're taught to sit still and obey."

"In winter, on the darkest nights, one rejoices even to see the tiniest sliver of a moon."

"One should dance while one still can."

"A story has to break your heart or it's not worth telling."

"The fish don't need to know why they're in the water."

"Pleasure, like the sparrow, never sits on any one branch too long."

"Life said to me, Be happy. Don't let me down."

"Mutual helplessness is the essential relation between parent and child."

"When Socrates said he knew nothing he still thought he knew more than anyone else."

"Philosophers console themselves with explanations."

"Words never change. What changes is how one interprets them."

"Words of the hero: "I am my fate."

"Death is not a choice, even for the suicide."

"When you are the problem, it's hard to see it."

"We love to love and feel loved because love is the greatest pleasure of all."

"Artists must remain in a state of awe to remain artists."

"Sometimes I feel certain that the hyenas are laughing at us."

"My feeling about work is that it's an unnecessary evil, so I've always done my best to avoid it."

"Each moment cancels the last. In the end there is nothing, not even the end."

"We expect miracles from love but love has only itself to give."

"The ripe apple falls, it doesn't know what else to do."

"I love to talk to people who love to talk. The warmth, the energy, the humanity."

"Maturity is the moment one regains one's innocence."

"There are two kinds of love: the love that is and the love that isn't."

"Imaginary diseases are the hardest to cure."

"Those who lack experience always have a lot of ideas."

"Death kills us once, worry kills us every day."

"The pain you hide leaves the deepest scars."

"The love of life begins with the love of one person."

"We all talk to ourselves. Those we call mad just talk a little louder."

"Writing is like life: it goes on."

"We shouldn't judge people or try to figure out what makes them tick. We should just leave them the hell alone."

"How can you love art, beauty, poetry, and hate life? That's like saying you love the ocean but hate water."

"A story has value whether it's true or not."

"A complicated idea is a confused idea."

"One should never go dancing with a broken foot, but one should with a broken heart."

"I don't try to explain or justify my actions. I simply do what I do."

"What matters finally is how we feel about ourselves. After all, to a worm we're just food."

"There is music the moment you start listening."

"If the cherry trees had to wait for understanding they'd never blossom."

"The thread connecting one person, one event, to another exists only in the imagination."

"When you stop expecting miracles, life is the miracle."

"The log on the fire: is it dreaming of the forest?"

"My greatest pleasure is to travel down an unfamiliar road."

"In the dark, words get lost."

"Because I took the sun for granted it shone on me."

"I owe my last breath to death but not one breath more."

"Every language has its own word for the sun, but the sun us always the same."

"Even blind alleys lead somewhere."

"My ideal journey: set out early and never arrive."