Every word you have ever uttered, is engraved upon my heart. -Lazarus to his mother.

A garden always has a point.

Shh,” he whispered. “You asked me if I loved you. I do. I love you more than life itself. Nothing matters in this world but that you live. Can you do that for me? Can you live?

Your cousin might be a pretty face, but you, my darling, courageous, maddening, seductive, mysterious, wonderful Diana, you are the Duchess of Wakefield. My duchess.

Each time it was like a stray bit of glass pressed into the softness of her heart, grinding, grinding, oh so silently until she no longer noticed when she bled.

There are no heroes on the battlefield, my lady; there are only survivors.

Do you love me Hero?" His pale green eyes were full of torment. "Do you love me like I love you?

If I'm good enough to bed, surely I'm good enough to wed.

Dear God. She ached, wanting something that she knew was a sin. Wanting a man who was sin itself.

Will ye come with me?” he whispered. And she answered without hesitation. “Yes, please.

I think I do pretty well with child characters. It's hard to write kids that are realistic, not annoying, and bring something to the story.

Writing a book is a blood sport. If it doesn't hurt when you're done, you're probably doing something wrong.

Actually, I was prone to random acts of stupidity. I considered it to be one of my talents.

There is no corner of life where art is not needed. There is no corner of art where life is not needed.

And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on with that way of thinking. That is what I call 'sustained incoherence.

Personally, I consider 'Titanic' the most brilliant example of successful counterprogramming; the film actually countered itself by embedding an epic chick flick within a classic disaster movie.

Music is the most physically inspiring of all the arts.

There is another kind of wisdom, the wisdom of following - the wisdom of not taking the lead with your ego.

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state religion. It is an atheist, nihilistic religion - but it is a religion that is obligatory for all

During Christmas time, on German television they show films with three or four episodes, and I quite like the feeling of waiting for the next episode.