"I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once."

"Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else."

"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you."

"Have fun, even if it’s not the same kind of fun everyone else is having."

"If nothing in this world satisfies me, perhaps it is because I was made for another world."

"Once people stop believing in God, the problem is not that they will believe in nothing; rather, the problem is that they will believe anything."