Demelza was beginning to feel like a lion tamer who has been putting his pets through their paces and finds them getting out of hand.

Everything at the moment, my dear, no doubt seems disgusting. I know the mood too well. But being in that mood, Ross, is like being out in the frost. If we do not keep on the move we shall perish.

...Here, beast, you shall be the chairman, and mind you call us to order." He leaned forward and dropped the cat on the empty seat.

Auntie Wu took special pride in two of her accomplishments--the sons she bore and the flowers she grew. They were equally useless, but the flowers smelled better.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

Victory belong to the most persevering.

I just adored working in London. It was in London where I first had the idea of making a film.

Be the person your dog thinks you are.

I can't prove that God doesn't exist, but I'd much rather live in a universe without one.

Every artist who evolves a style does so from illusive elements that inhabit his or her visual storehouse.

Lost love is still love.

She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one.

Scandal has a thousand stringers; good news doesn't know the editor's phone number.