When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

I'm told there's no going back. So I'm choosing forward.

David Levithan

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same -- and most mothers kiss and scold together.

Pearl Buck

When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

Desiderius Erasmus

When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.

Tadao Ando

Literary experience heals the wound, without undermining the privilege, of individuality.

C.S. Lewis

I'm a method writer. In order to write about the emotion, I have to experience it. I get physically tired and exhausted, devoting hours and hours and hours to it.

Sherman Alexie

Love is the flower you've got to let grow.

John Lennon

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

James Mcneill Whistler

Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.

Roger Federer

The first novel I wrote was a monster - clocking in at 180,000 words - but it died a death, a death it deserved. It was called 'The Gods First Make Mad.' It was a good title, but it was the only good thing about the book. I didn't let that put me off.

Wilbur Smith

When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love?

Marilyn Manson