“A melody occurs to you; you sing it silently, inwardly ... ; you steep your being in it; it takes possession of all your strength and emotions, and during the time it lives in you, it effaces all t...”

“To hear for the duration of a heartbeat the universe and the totality of life in its mysterious, innate harmony.”

“Pronto me di cuenta de que estas enseanzas podan ser un consuelo slo para los que las aceptaran literalmente y que creyeran ser la verdad. Si fueran, como para m, en parte bella literatura, parte s...”

“On one part of the footpath where a thin trickle of water from a small spring kept it damp, I found a swarm of small, blue butterflies drinking the water. I only went that way on sunny days and ...”

“I had considered myself some kind of genius and had considerably underestimated the toils and difficulties encountered along the path to an art.”

“desires are not killed by fulfilling them”

“Education doesnt make you happy. Nor does freedom. We dont become happy just because were free if we are. Or because weve been educated if we have. But because education may be the means by which...”

“Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of bei...”

“The past has no power over the present moment.”

“We tilt our heads back and open wide. The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. For o...”

“The teachers complain that the students today are all lazy, ignorant, and stupid. But the truth is that you're smarter than they are. You're not even old enough to drive and you already know that n...”

“I told her about school and how I sat on a wall there and felt stories and words move through me ...”