Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon.

In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

Truth to tell, we are all criminals if we remain silent.

It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence.

Freedom is not possible without authority - otherwise it would turn into chaos and authority is not possible without freedom - otherwise it would turn into tyranny.

All I know is that I shall be alone again. There is nothing more terrible than to be alone among human beings.

There is nothing more vindictive, nothing more underhanded, than a little world that would like to be a big one.

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.

Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.

Hairdressers are professional gossips; when only the hands are busy, the tongue is seldom still.

Maggie Shipstead takes hold of the reader and doesn't let go. Astonish Me is a haunting, powerful novel.

Journalists have always written that my mum said that I punched a hole through my cot when I was three years old. I don't remember doing that, and I think it was more that I was very energetic.

My daily surroundings feed my work, whether it's something I'm working on right now or it's something down the road.

Small beginnings are the launching pad to great endings.

The hardest part about being vegan is shoes. I mean, really, that's the only difficult part, finding shoes that don't have leather on them.

I don't particularly enjoy watching international football in the way that I used to. It hurts me to say that, but it's true.

There's the moon trying to look romanticMoon's too old that's her troubleAren't we all?

The best scary movies have great humor in them and a great story.

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.

We have no excuse to deviate from the paths of righteousness. If we hold fast to the iron rod, we cannot be deceived.