I will never, ever drink whiskey again. From now on, it's strictly sherry.

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.

There are no safe choices. Only other choices.

I've heard it said that God is in the details. It's the same with the truth. Leave out the details, the crucial heart, and you can damn someone with the bare bones of it.

I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I've got to think.

One could argue that it's romantic to die for love. Of course, then you're dead and unable to take that honeymoon trip to the Alps with all the other fashionable young couples, which is a shame.

They have money and position and Ann has none.It's amazing how often you can be right as long as you have those two things working in your favor.

Might. Is there any opiate more powerful than that word?

Pippa's laugh is bitter, tinged with tears. 'Ha! Why do girls think being beautiful will solve every problem? Being beautiful just creates problems. It's a misery. I wish I were someone else.

I know because I read. Might I suggest you try it?

I can see his pain, see it in the way he runs his fingers through his hair, over and over, and I understand what it costs him to hide it all.

Don't cry over someone who wouldn't cry over you.

Reading is awesome. Just escaping into someone else's life, into another world. In books, everything is possible.

Having a ‘taste for life’ is about knowing its various flavours and awaiting the next meal.

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

I haven't known life to be any happier.

I think this, if Hillary Clinton treats me with respect, I will treat her with respect.

I want to lead an important life. I want to do it because I was born a human being.

Guilt-tripping people does not work; they tend to be turned off.

Rest is sweet after strife.

Only those who do not fight are never wounded.