“In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.”

“Don't hire anyone you wouldn't want to run into in the hallway at three in the morning.”

“By the way, when Oprah Winfrey is suggesting you may have overextended yourself, you need to examine your fucking life.”

“Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions ... Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.”

“Do your thing and don't care if they like it.”

“Some people say, Never let them see you cry. I say, if youre so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.”

“We spent days and weeks doing nothing, calling one another ten times a day to schedule our nothing-doing.”

“When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for t...”

“You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?'I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore...”

“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying youre friends is easy. Being friends is not.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”