Marry me. Marry me, my wonderful, darling friend.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Sorry, dear. This isn´t fairy tale. There´s no happily ever after. Just... ever after.

I'm an atheist, but I believe in art. I go to galleries like my mother went to church. It helps me understand the way I live.

Most of my life has been spent keeping information close, turning it over and over in my mind. The impulse to share anything is a new one, the impulse to hide as natural as breathing.

Boyfriend?”Her cheeks heated. “Yes.”“Funny name.”“What?” She frowned. “Ernest is a perfectly nice name.”“Oh, I thought I heard you call him Ermine.

The search for knowledge is in our genes. It was put there by our distant ancestors who spread across the world, and it's never going to be quenched.

I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system.

Cops before breakfast.Before coffee even. As if Mondays weren't bad enough.

The greatest players fit with the team. They play within the team's style, rather than asking the team to change its style.

A person's memory is everything, really. Memory is identity. It's you.

God does everything through people who understand they're nothing. And God does nothing through those who think they're everything.