"inspiration: What if man is not really a scoundrel, man in general, I mean, the whole race of mankind-then all the rest is prejudice, simply artificial terrors and there are no barriers and it's all as it should be."

"books: Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to."

"happiness: But I am king. And the well-being of my kingdom depends on my sound judgment and clear head. And those things depend on my state of happiness. And I have known for a long time that my state of happiness depends on you."

"life: It all goes away. Eventually, everything goes away."

"writing: If I lived a million lives, I would've felt a million feelings and I still would've fallen a million times for you."

"love: I make love with a focus and intensity that most people reserve for sleep."

"life: When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part."

"inspiration: Life did not stop, and one had to live."

"philosophy: Pactum serva"- "Keep the faith"

"books: Reading is going toward something that is about to be, and no one yet knows what it will be."

"philosophy: Do Me No Favors Haiku 'Do me no favors ~I can take care of myself.So, pay the check and drive me home."

"inspiration: Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It's not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites us. God asks what it is He's made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the richness of the world He made. And then, leaning over us, He whispers, "Let's go do that together."