I've even purposely looked for stories full of exactly this kind of angst, because I love the emotion behind it so much.

Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion.

[Margaret Thatcher] was the invisible hand behind it. Without that, there'd be no Trainspotting and no Filth.

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmounious proportions to produce a creative intelligence.

No one can be free unless he is independent.

And exciting buildings are fine periodically.

The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation

My dear fellow, the truth isn’t quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl. What extraordinary ideas you have about the way to behave to a woman!

A beautiful dress can be as exciting as a poem.

For the first time in history, my community has had to use air conditioners. Imagine that, air conditioners in the Arctic.