I am in favor of the European institutions being led for the next two-and-a-half years as they have been thus far. We need stability.

When the going gets tough, you have to lie.

When it becomes serious, you have to lie.

I'm ready to be insulted as being insufficiently democratic, but I want to be serious ... I am for secret, dark debates.

I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty.

I notice with a certain sense of regret that far too many Europeans are returning to a regional and national mindset.

Decisions can only be reached in Europe if France and Germany agree.

It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.

I am chilled by the realization of how similar circumstances in Europe in 2013 are to those of 100 years ago.

It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.

I am for secret, dark debates.

There will be a future. We believe in our unreality too strongly to give it up.

Your sacred right is to decide your own fate.

A beauty is a woman you notice a charmer is one who notices you.

You hear the beginning of a melody, you should kind of know it's going to lead down this path. It should start feeling like a friend, like familiar.

I need those nukes, the chief said. I need them, I need them right now. I don't want to be an enabler, sir. I'd rather get you into a twelve step program to help you break this addiction.

Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.

There is no fear of judgment for the man who judges himself according to the Word of God.

Whatever you do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don't do it for anyone else.

A novel is a daily labor over a period of years. A novel is a job. But a story can be like a mad, lovely visitor, with whom you spend a rather exciting weekend.

The first duty of every soul is to find not its freedom but its Master.