“Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you secruity and friendship and didn't ask for anything in return; they never went away, never, not even when you treated them badly.”

“You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.”

Mikhail Bulgakov book The Master and Margarita

“To my mind, the only possible pet is a cow. Cows love you. They will listen to your problems and never ask a thing in return. They will be your friends forever. And when you get tired of them, you can kill and eat them. Perfect.”

Bill Bryson (1951) American author

“Never, never tell them. Try and remember that. Never tell anyone anything ever. Never tell anyone anything again.”

Ernest Hemingway book The Garden of Eden

“Why won't anyone ever answer my questions?"
"Because you never stop asking them and especially because you keep asking them even when it's clear that nobody knows the answers."
"Well, how do I know that they don't know the answer unless I ask?”

Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist

“People treat you as badly as you let them treat you. Key word there: let.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

“Never indulge in people who follow a negative path because they will take you with them on the road of ruin. Show them the way to positivism even if there's a risk of losing their friendship.”

Siddharth Katragadda (1972) Indian writer

“Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.”

Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.”

Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor

“If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours.
And if they don’t they were never.”

Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer