“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.”

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”

“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”

“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”

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

“Happiness is a warm puppy.”

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

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”

“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.”