“But luxury has never appealed to me. I like simple things: books, being alone, or being with somebody who understands.”

“Respect other people's feelings. It might mean nothing to you, but it could mean everything to them.”

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”

“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”

“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”

“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.”

“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”

“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.”

“Maybe "Okay" will be our "always"...”

“I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.”

“If he’s not calling you, he’s not on his mind. If he creates expectations and doesn’t follow through on little things, he will do the same for bigger things. Be aware that he’s okay with disappointing you. Don’t stay with someone who doesn’t do what they say they’re going to do. If he chooses not to make a simple effort that would ease a recurring fight, he doesn’t respect your feelings and needs. “Busy” is often an excuse. You deserve a f**king phone call.”

“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”

“There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough.”

“It's strange because sometimes I read a book and think I am the people in the book.”

“No relationship is perfect. There are always ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater. The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences, and that's the key. It's like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot.”

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. 'Tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”

“You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.”

“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try to readjust the way you thought of things.”

“And in the end.”

“Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines.”

“Do you think I am an automaton, a machine without feelings? Can I bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! I have as much soul as you and full as much heart. If God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through custom, conventionalities, nor even through mortal flesh; it is my spirit that addresses your spirit, just as if both had passed through the grave and we stood at God's feet equal as we are.”

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”

“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas-covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

““Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.””

“"To douchebags!" he said, gesturing to Brad. "And to girls who break your heart," he bowed his head to me. His eyes lost focus. "And to the absolute fucking horror of losing your best friend because you were stupid enough to fall in love with her."”

“You are the answer to every prayer I've offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don't know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have.”

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”

“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”

“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists... it is real... it is possible... it's yours.”

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”

“There are no good girls gone wrong; just bad girls found out.”

“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”

“If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.”

“I heard what you said. I'm not the silly romantic you think. I don't want the heavens or the shooting stars. I don't want gemstones or gold; I have those things already. I want a steady hand, a kind soul. I want to fall asleep and wake knowing my heart is safe. I want to love and be loved.”

“You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.”

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.”

“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”

“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”

“Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you.”

“I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.”

“Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.”