“Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.”

“What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.”

“It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.”

“Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.”

“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”

“The color of truth is gray.”

“I intend to bring you strength, joy, courage, perspicacity, defiance.”

“What would be the description of happines? Nothing, except what prepares and then what destroys it, can be told.”

“To acquire the full consciousness of self is to know oneself so different from others that no longer feels allied with men except by purely animal contacts: nevertheless, among souls of this degree...”

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”

“Healing starts the moment you accept the truth about what has happened. But healing doesnt come quickly. When you know that death or pain has come, you face a moment when you stare that pain in the...”

“Nature seems to welcome defiance of conventions, and to say, with a smile, 'So, the truant has come back again!' ("Absolute Evil")”

“Its probably my job to tell you life isnt fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, Ill tell you that hope is precious, and youre right not to give up.”

“The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”