How may I hate that which I love with such intensity of passion? How should I abhor that for which my every drop of blood is boiling?

He who considers himself a paragon of wisdom is sure to commit some superlatively stupid act.

He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy.

Time passes cold and indifferent over us; it knows nothing of our joys or sorrows; it leads us with ice-cold hand deeper and deeper into the labyrinth.

The noble man is only God's image.

Love knows no winter; no, no! It is, and remains the sign of spring.

Who cannot but see oftentimes how strange the threads of our destiny run? Oft it is only for a moment the favorable instant is presented. We miss it, and months and years are lost.

He who loves not flowers, has lost all love and fear of God.

How I look to you is the reflection of how you look at me.

You always play it open, don’t you?” he asked.“I’ve never noticed you doing otherwise.”“I thought I was the only one who could afford to.

Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights to freedom of association and assembly, of thought, conscience and religion, are also compromised.

Cook, at that moment in time, I would have sold my body for a mocha latte

Never speak words that allow the enemy to think he's winning.

Never believe a rumour until you hear it officially denied.

Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits.

Writing was the soul of everything else ... Wanting to be a writer was wanting to be a person.

In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.

I did say I don't feel as worthy as so many of the recipients ... He said he'd seen some of my work, which is amazing, and was a fan of Gavin and Stacey.