A soft smile curved up her lips, and my gut dropped a little. A smile…I’d never known a smile could have that kind of effect. Could feel like a kick to the chest.

The mansion was as silent as I wished the inside of my head could be. No noise – not even a ragged inhale of breath or a whispered word. Truly blissful.

The secret of an abundant life is to expand it with more beginnings so that the universe can fill your world from many directions.

And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

Not all Muslims may be terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims.

No European who has tasted savage life can afterwards bear to live in our societies.

But the trees were gorgeous in their autumnal leafiness - the warm odours of flowers and herb came sweet upon the sense.

The glorified spirit of the infant is as a star to guide the mother to its own blissful clime.

Our Lord God doesn't do great things except by violence, as they say

It's over when you decide it's over," Norah says. "When you call it a night. The rest is just a matter of where the sun is in the sky. That has nothing to do with us.

Let those possess the land, and only those, Who love it with a love so strong and stupid That they may be abused and taken advantage of And made fun of by business, law, and art.