I have still the best comforts of life - books and friendships - and I trust never to lose my relish for either.

Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year.

Does it not appear to you versatility is the true and rare characteristic of that rare thing called genius-versatility and playfulness? In my mind they are both essential.

I foresee that the Andersen and Fairy Tale fashion will not last; none of these things away from general nature do.

To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.

Friendship is the bread of the heart.

I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly people who take no delight in them.

Nothing so pretty to look at as my garden!

She was the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly ever.

We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.

A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork.

Never fear the thing you feel-- Only by love is life made real

You didn't break my heart

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it.

How many people are trapped in their everyday habits: part numb, part frightened, part indifferent? To have a better life we must keep choosing how we are living.

I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.

Before judging a thin man, one must get some information. Perhaps he was once fat.

True freedom is an inward state of being. Once it is attained, no situation in the world can bind one or limit one's freedom.

Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I.

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.

I think the sixties must have been quite a lot of fun.