Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.

Love has no age, no limit; and no death.

I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a thoroughbred horse.

Life calls the tune, we dance.

I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.

By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men's souls.

If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.

Beginnings are always messy.

Headlines twice the size of the events.

It is only through my daughter that I have come to realise that a life without femininity – devoid of mystery, emotion, gentleness and the unerring power of a woman’s love – is no life at all.

here it was the whole world wrapped inside my armsAnd I let it all slip away

Proof is never definitive, after all; one has to begin again with each new person.

Hi, I'm one of the knife-carrying hooligans you met last night in Pandemonium? I'm afraid I made a bad impression and was hoping you'd give me a chance to make it up to-" "SIMON!

I love going to rock concerts, I love to lose myself in that vast wave of rhythm and body heat and get on the same vibe.

Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves.

Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn. Forth, Eorlingas!

We live at the edge of the world, so we live on the edge. Kiwis will always sacrifice money and security for adventure and challenge.

My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.

The gods, after all, are only human, and once their rage has been placated they are perfectly capable of acts of mercy and grace.