Mr. Gilbert had the earnest mania for self-improvement which has blighted the lives of so many young men.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go.

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

When you start speaking the "TRUTH" it creates enemies out of Ignorance. But always learn to speak the truth, though, it should be a solid weapon to a positive progression.

Most personalities have been obliged to be rebels. Half their strength has been wasted in friction.

In the publishing world, most editors are probably women. So I don't see the publishing world as a male-dominated one, especially within fiction.

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

I'm not completely sure we aren't all living in a hallucination now.

Titus Bramble: The only explanation for his existence in the Premiership is that he is already here.

You're a chip shot away from everything you've ever wanted.

Trust is the glue in relationships and organizations

I blend memories. I blend them into one that's funny. I exaggerate to clarify.

Don't worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live.