And for the briefest instant, it almost feels like we're together again.

That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.

You are, and always have been, my dream.

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

I want you to be.... happy.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

There was silence in her head and silence beneath her window, and still she could not sleep.

I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.

Shakespeare is in many ways an African writer and 'Hamlet' would be seen as a very accurate historical saga about an African kingdom.

There was no race - but to the extent that there was an arms competition, it was almost entirely on the Soviet side, first to catch up and then to surpass the Americans.

It's not that we're trying to avoid death; we're trying to enjoy our lives fully, to wring every wonderful drop out of life that we possibly can.

When [books ban] happened, I felt completely alone and that was scary and sad.

For a moment, my heart aches for him. I should never have asked him to join me here; I should never have asked him to cross.

I think in music there is just something inherently spiritual in singing together and harmonizing, and gospel is the truest form of that.

This wallpaper is dreadful, one of us will have to go.

I offer you what I have my Poverty