“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.”

“Sometimes two people have to fall apart, to realize how much they need to fall back together.”

“Good literature is one key to peace. When we stop reading each other, when we stop paying attention to each other's words and stories, we too easily oppose one another.”

“There is only one motive for writing a novel: to be published and read. To me there is no distinction between the mystery novel and the novel, only between good books and bad books. A good book tak...”