It was William who would climb out of his carriage unafraid and help a farmer drive a herd of cattle or sheep across a road when necessary.

Where do you prefer to sit, Sir?" (Lady Alexandra to William, the Duke, during her mail-order bride interview.)

I've never met anyone as kind as you are, except me Mum, o' course." --Benjamin Trimmel to Lady Alexandra.

And then I met this girl.” He paused, his fingers finding mine in a tight squeeze. “And she made all my dark corners light

if you like the lovable sound of an asthma attack in your ear every time you tell a joke.

Since the princes take the Earth for their own, it's fair that the philosophers reserve the sky for themselves and rule there, but they should never permit the entry of others.

There have to be more important things going on in the world than my past.

Creativity can never be explained by appeal to reason alone. Like the birth of a child, creativity compels us not to explanation but to wonder and awe.

The union of church and state put the church under a political control... The church was thoroughly subordinated to the state.

The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.

I can assure you, that once you get rid of the notion of art, you acquire a great many wonderful new freedoms.

I have Van Gogh's ear for music

In the opera we call love, the libretto is almost nothing.