I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one.

He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.

Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man.

There is no bombast, no similes, flowers, digressions, or unnecessary descriptions. Everything tends directly to the catastrophe.

There’s something really cool about knowing that your destiny is SO big that you’re not meant to share it with anyone. At least not yet.

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.

Peace means the way of finding the inner calmness, tranquility and joy, in the midst of conflicts and injustice.

You have to put yourself out there as a writer, you can’t play it safe.

The platinum Omega watch he gave me at breakfast on our first morning in London obscures the red line. The inscription still makes me swoon. AnastasiaYou are My MoreMy Love, My LifeChristian

The weaker the man in authority... the stronger his insistence that all his privileges be acknowledged.

there is a tendency in part of Wall Street people to pay excessive attention to the most recent figures and the present financial picture.

I didn't realise those spaces were for the emotionally handicapped.

Trends don't interest me.

strange, there's so much religion in the world, but only enough to make us fight over who is right, not enough to make us love one another.