I love all things, not only the grand but the infinitely small: thimble, spurs, plates, flower vases.

He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly.

If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life

Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you.

In one kiss, you'll know all I haven't said.

To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.

Every day you play with the light of the universe.

Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.

And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night that unites us.

If each day falls inside each night, there exists a well where clarity is imprisoned. We need to sit on the rim of the well of darkness and fish for fallen light with patience.

Come closer." His voice was more of a growl than a whisper. Hot.

He buried his nose in his pillow and went to sleep—to dream of anything rather than getting on in the world, as a sensible young man in his position ought to have done.

Success for me is not to have all the medals. Success for me is to always do your best and try to develop and get better at every event.

Truly, this world can go on without us, if we would but think so.

People don't live nowadays: they get about ten percent out of life.

I was sad Jon Ronson, who wrote in the Guardian and has made a TV show for Channel 4, took against me.

An old mans memories, like his bones, grow sharp with age and show their true shapes.

Love can attain what the intellect cannot fathom.

[The Persian Empire] left a dream of the Middle East as a unit, and a unit where people of different faiths could live together.

It is not possible to be incidentally a Christian. The fact of Christianity must be overwhelmingly first or nothing.