“Friends never turn as enemies. If they did, they were never your friends at all.”

“I used to capture the vastness and the immensity of the world and confine it to the limited pages of the parchment.”

“We should set our goals; then learn to control our appetites. Otherwise, we will lose ourselves in the confusion of the world.”

“One of the things that Christmas reminds us is that Jesus Christ was once a child.”

“I don't agree that when you love, you are blind or fool. You just get wiser and see clearer what is best and of worth.”

“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.”

“I live alone," he said simply. "I live in the open. I hear the waves at night and see the black patterns of the pine boughs against the sky. With sound and silence and color and solitude, of course...”

“It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave. It is hard to desecrate a grove and change your mind. The very holy mountains are keeping mu...”

“The unceasing flow of thought in all its various forms is an inescapable and defining aspect of the human condition.”

“You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.”

“The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.”

“Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward.”

“The decision is mine, and I choose happiness”

“...we confidently say that it's not worth trying to reach any conclusions merely because we decide to stop halfway along the path that would lead us straight to them.”