Had my life increased, or merely added to itself? There had been addition and subtraction in my life, but how much multiplication?

A pier is a disappointed bridge; yet stare at it for long enough and you can dream it to the other side of the Channel.

Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.

The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.

The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly.

The land of embarrassment and breakfast.

When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.

History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.

What is the easiest, the most comfortable thing for a writer to do? To congratulate the society in which he lives: to admire its biceps, applaud its progress, tease it endearingly about its follies.

Some of the freckles I once loved are now closer to liver spots. But it’s still the eyes we look at, isn’t it? That’s where we found the other person, and find them still.

The more you learn, the less you fear. "Learn" not in the sense of academic study, but in the practical understanding of life.

It is not death that allows us to understand each other, but poetry.

Ignorant voters of the democracies are always a great threat to the progression of humanity, simply because they give their votes to the people who look like themselves!

Society may predict, but only I can determine my destiny.

The market is perfectly well supplied at the moment but spare capacity is very limited.

If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains. If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.

In Banff, the mountains are really close to your head.

Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.

Your journey begins with a choice to get up, step out, and live fully

Courage is in the air in bracing whiffs Better than all the stalemate an's and ifs.

If we are serious about peace, then we must work for it as ardently, seriously, continuously, carefully, and bravely as we have ever prepared for war.