Depressing thought: my friends were the girls I ate lunch with, all buddies from kindergarten who knew one another so well we weren't sure if we even liked one another anymore.

We watched each other in the candlelight and suave music, and because laughter was the only weapon we had, we laughed until the chill of his story faded, and was gone.

He wanted terribly, to say, Stop, to say Bern’s name, to stroke her soft cheek where it was bitten by the light. But, in the end, he didn’t do anything at all.

Do you know what Hell is? ...No fire, no brimstone. Man in his infinite folly invented that to rob from his brothers their will. Hell is existing without Our Father. None of His love touches me.

We need to start rejoicing when the devil is mad, because he sees our blessing before we do

See things in terms of Potential. Recognize:Your Amazing Potential.

If you believe that your needs were met because you prayed, then you make God the parent who reacts only when the baby cries. Matthew 6:25-34.

If they liked you, they didn't applaud -- they let you live.

I myself have been on my own and utterly independent since I graduated. I haven't belonged to any company or any system. It isn't easy to live like this in Japan.

I do not wish to help Jeremy Clarkson be amusing in the event of my death.

The pyjamas have cats on them. I am informed that these cats belong to an organisation called Hello Kitty.

I can't accept collective responsibility for the decision to commit Britain now to military action in Iraq without international agreement or domestic support.

As my mother says, your forties are when you finally pay for your past mistakes, the cigarettes and sunburns, the Big Macs and smooth-talking men. She may be right.