“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.”

“We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.”

“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”

“There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand different versions.”

“True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.”

“We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.”

“Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.”

“When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears.”

“Always give your resume of good deeds when you run into someone that you wronged many years ago. They simply need to know today's version of you, before they judge you on yesterday's news.”

“But who can remember pain, once its over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.”

“I know what you are learning to endure. There is nothing to be done. Make sure nothing is wasted. Take notes. Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In lif...”

“My mind, I know, I can prove, hovers on hummingbird wings. It hovers and it churns. And when it's operating at full thrust, the churning does not stop. The machines do not rest, the systems rarely ...”