Language, as much as land, is a place. To be cut off from it is to be, in a sense, homeless.

Hello" and "good-bye" were a pair of bookends, propping up a vast library of blank volumes, void almanacs, novels full of sentiment I couldn't apprehend

A person must first learn how to walk on their own before you can guide them in the right direction.

There had once been a time when I'd dreaded the end of summer, had prayed it would hold out for as long as possible. Now the thought of endless warmth and sun made me . . . bored. Restless.

I was very unsure about what I wanted to do in high school.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Venetians feel affection and loyalty to their city, rather than to the Italian state.

Usually, a Range Rover would be beaten away from the lights by a diesel powered wheelbarrow.

I think it's crazy, crazy that book tours lose so much money. They shouldn't. Book tours should be part of what keeps independent bookstores vibrant and profitable.

Out on the moors, The lonely moors, I roll around in sheep poo. Heathcliff, it's youuuuu, I hate you, I love you tooooo. Let me in, I'm here, it's meeeee, Catheeeeeeee. Look out of your windooooow.

Stay faithful to your own discovery, leave the rest and life will take care of it.

...the fullest development of the highest powers of men can be achieved only in a world of peace.