The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.
Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.
It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of a journey.
Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.