No one knew about the squirrel’s skull beneath Briony bed, but no one wanted to know.

...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.

come back, come back to me

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

Even on a cloudy day you can find light in solitude

The books I'm writing are houses that I build for myself.

You want stealth? Be a rogue in 'World of Warcraft'.

Architects love to rethink a project - that's what we do. If something is successful, like a house or a kettle, in this case, it's a great compliment when someone wants another one.

Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of.

The Lord did not tell us to build beautiful churches, but to evangelize the world

I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of Education lies in respecting the pupil.

Trying to connect to the moment, that move, that breath - this is what I have been striving for; finding the oneness that can exist with all the things around and inside me.

What you do is proof of what you believe.

You're perfect for the heart thats meant to #Love you