I can't bear living in this huge beautiful world and not try to imitate it as best I can.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

I was going to buy a book on hair loss, but the pages kept falling out.

Just smile.You'll be glad that you did.

We read to find life, in all its possibilities.

You ought to be thankful a hole heaping lot, for The places and people you're lucky you're not!

The more freedoms Americans lose, the more dangerous government becomes.

What do you feel? I’ve never been asked this question once. None of us has. We aren’t supposed to feel. We’re British.

It has been rumoured that I was the brains of the robbery, but that was totally incorrect. I've been described as the tea boy, which is also incorrect.

Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.

Evangelical faith without Christian ethics is a travesty on the gospel.

The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next.