"Few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart. Those first images,…"

"A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept."

"Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what happen…"

"There are worse prisons than words."

"Now I know I have already lost you. I have lost everything. Even so, I can't let you go forever and allow you to forg…"

"Coincidences are the scars of fate."

"There's no such thing as dead languages, only dormant minds."

"There is not in the circle of human happiness a cup of honey that has not its drop of gall."

"In our poor human nature, joy and sorrow often manifest themselves by the same symptoms; and a piece of good news wil…"

"In his short tales he is most successful when he indulges in the sentimental; he is less attractive when he gives utt…"