Truth Quote by Gene Wolfe — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“And what of the dead? I own that I thought of myself, at times, almost as dead. Are they not locked below ground in chambers smaller than mine was, in their millions of millions? There is no category of human activity in which the dead do not outnumber the living many times over. Most beautiful children are dead. Most soldiers, most cowards. The fairest women and the most learned men – all are dead. Their bodies repose in caskets, in sarcophagi, beneath arches of rude stone, everywhere under the earth. Their spirits haunt our minds, ears pressed to the bones of our foreheads. Who can say how intently they listen as we speak, or for what word?”

“I feel strangely free at such times. To behave properly is to be always courteous, always clever, and subtle and elegant. But now, when I am so alone, I do not have to be any of these things.”

“Mika: Were you happy?”

“The Buddha taught complete honesty, with the extra instruction that everything a person says should be truthful and helpful.”

“What you choose also chooses you.”

“Forgiving yourself, believing in yourself and choosing to love yourself are the best gifts one could receive.”

“Everything was too sharp and clear, so that I could never tell where to start- the way a map that shows too much can sometimes be useless.”