My parents seemed incredibly special and outrageously handsome to me then.

How can it be, after all this concentrated effort and separation, how can it be that I still resemble, so very closely, my own detestable mother?

Be careful what you get good at doin', cuz you'll be doin' it for the rest of your life.

This is the crepe. This is the cider. This is how we live and eat.

This world needs much more kissing and far less fighting.

commitment stays on, both in good and in bad, for better for worste

There is always something behind patience and impatience! Be careful enough to understand these two things any time you meet anybody

Some of life's biggest and most positive changes are propelled by mini conspiracies of a few well-meaning folks.

There was a time when time did not yet exist. … The rejection of birth is nothing but the nostalgia for this time before time.

Does Big Brother exist?" "Of course he exists. The Party exists. Big Brother is the embodiment of the Party." "Does he exist in the same way as I exist?" "You do not exist.

The British press has been unfair to me and the public has followed.

Carpe Dium, I say. Seize the day. Grab it by the throat and rattle its bollocks

We're (Juan Gonzalez) like brothers. I'm sure he was very happy to see me get it done, and it's not very long from his day, so hopefully I'll see that and we'll be on the same team.

The only thing I could think of was turkey neck and turkey gizzards and I felt very depressed.