It’s all biology. If it weren’t for two thousand years of the Christian tradition we wouldn’t think of pretending otherwise…Romance is the true opiate of the masses.

It’s the remarkable thing about academics: they look at Shakespeare and always see their own faces in him.

The shortest distance between two people is a smile.

To find love, be loving first.

When you love another deeply, you gain strength. When you receive anothers deep love, you gain courage

Anybody who's gone through puberty has understood what it feels like to be an outcast and alone.

If you view life as a gold rush, you're going to end up worshiping a golden calf.

Cleanliness', chuckled Sir Benjamin, noting his great niece's delighted smile as her eyes rested upon him, 'comes next to godliness, eh, Maria?

Force yourself to be humble, until it becomes second nature. Then it will be an unconscious activity.

Acting is what I've pursued since I was a child.

I also believe that when one dies, one may wake up to the reality that proves that time does not exist.

She had the perpetual sense, as she watched the taxi cabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone; she always had the feeling that it was very, very, dangerous to live even one day.