“It is Fate that I am here,” persisted George. “But you can call it Italy if it makes you less unhappy.”

Spoon feeding, in the long run, teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Pathos, piety, courage, they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

Make yourself feel good. Be enthusiastic about your day.

The worst pain I had to face is the fight with myself. I'm unsure who to rout for, because they both want what’s best for me.

Sometimes being a good mother gets in the way of being a good person.

In wartime, everyone loves a soldier, and a wounded hero even more so.

My book 'Ali Pasha' tells the true story of a young sailor Henry Friston, who, in the hell-fire of battle, forms an unusual friendship.

Now let us find solace in the finished work of our Lord Jesus. Everything is fully done: justice demands no more.

I know, of course, that by using film we can bring in other previously unknown worlds, realities beyond reality.

The attitude you have as a parent is what your kids will learn from more than what you tell them. They don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.

They shall not be expected to acknowledge us until we have acknowledged ourselves.

I haven't met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.