A lifetime isn't enough to know how a person will behave.

What are we all chasing? Nella wonders. To live, of course. To be unbound from the invisible ropes that Johannes spoke of in his study. Or to be happy in them, at least.

You are a stone, thrown upon a lake. But the ripples you create will never make you still.

This city is like no other city in the world. It is brilliant but it is bloated, and I've never called it home

The turnip cannot thrive in the tulips patch of soil.

The rules of this house are written in water. I must either sink or swim.

Because, Petronella - it's something in his soul. It's something in his soul and you can't get it out.

All we can do if we're lucky is stich up the mistakes other people make.

Love your children, for they are the seeds that will make this city bloom.

Words are water in this city. One drop of rumour could drown us.

Take care, take care. This city thrives! It's money gives you wings to soar. But it is a yoke on your shoulders and you would do well to take note of the bruise around your neck.

I have to seem like a human being all the time, but I seldom have to be one. I have people to do that for me.

Wondering leads to writing.

It's been phenomenal, but everybody keeps congratulating me on my resurgence and my big comeback. I haven't been away, guys. I've been working steadily for the last 63 years.

President Bush has been silent on Schwarzenegger. Of course, he can't pronounce Schwarzenegger.

Cleanse your body and soul, removing malice, selfishness and desire.

If I've made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I've accomplished something.

The concern of the musician is to play the music. It is there demanding to be given sound to.

The next thing you're going to tell me is Daniel Bryan is the United States Champion.

The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict.