I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something.

That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.

You are, and always have been, my dream.

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

I want you to be.... happy.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

Fear stagnation

Ideas are substitutes for sorrows...

I don't judge a person by the place he or she is. I'm more interested in where that person is going, and the steps they are taking to get there.

I don’t know if you have had the same experience, but the snag I always come up against when I’m telling a story is this dashed difficult problem of where to begin it.

The soul was not cured, it was as full as a clothes closet of dresses that did not fit.

If there is a fear of falling, the only safety consists in deliberately jumping.

Being a lady is an attitude.

What is a historian? Someone who doesn't write well enough to work on a daily.

Squeezed for money, the affected households often need to lower the quality of their food, which then impacts the overall development of their children.

In some countries, women aren't allowed to wear a swimsuit.