Be grateful to the gullible heart!
All the great novels are about obsession and people who are obsessed.
Fiction isn't truer than life: it just makes a better story.
What we say about ourselves is always a form of fiction.
Two kinds of writers. One treats the world as if it were fiction; the other treats fiction as if it were the world.
In the same way mannequins resemble people, fiction resembles life.
A good story will always outlive the truth.
A microbe is more deadly than a minotaur
A story has to break your heart or it's not worth telling.
Men are always ready to fight; it's tenderness that scares them.
When a war breaks out, everyone is on the wrong side.
Wars have always been easier to fight than explain.
I'm on the side of whatever keeps the flowers growing.
What I learned from the flowers: to live effortlessly.
Flowers are the music of the earth.
The first thing that happens when you're happy is you start forgiving everyone.
The rain that falls wherever it pleases. I want to be that rain.
Freedom began on the day the first sheep wandered away from the herd.
The wild ivy grows wherever it pleases.
To know your soul is your own, that's what counts.
Drink freely the wine life offers you and don't worry how much you spill.
