It was like having a box of chocolates shut in the bedroom drawer. Until the box was empty it occupied the mind too much.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

God in his infinite wisdomDid not make me very wise-So when my actions are stupidThey hardly take God by surprise.

True Dragons are among the Universe's most perfect beings. This is a useful bit of information. Squirrel it away like a nugget of Fafnir's gold

Amongst the flowers you always feel yourself you are endlessly far away from all the dangers!

Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country

We do not have to wait for the hereafter - it is now that we are one with Christ.

Wir mussen wissen. Wir werden wissen. We must know. We will know. Inscribed on his tomb in Gilttingen.

I just like to stay creative. Anything that can keep my mind going.

The drones are a terrorist weapon, they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.

This is a subtle truth. Whatever you love, you are.

When you do good music, it moves over from generation to generation. Like Bob Marley. Like Papa Michigan. Jimmy Cliff.