Oblivion seemed the only reasonable option.

...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.

The best remedy in situation is calmness.

Mrs Beaumont shrugged. ‘Dougie travelled light in life, ’ she said. ‘He knew it was people who were important.

Running is real and relatively simple…but it ain't easy.

Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books.

You are only here now; you're only alive in this moment.

When you are feeling too dull and too domesticated get on a horse, sit tall in the saddle, and for a moment live in a world that feels like risk and adventure.

Thus, if armaments were curtailed without a secure peace and all countries disarmed proportionately, military security would have been in no way affected.

A pleasant traveling companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. Each day is the scholar of yesterday.

I’m always happy-go-lucky, and people look at me and find it shocking that I could be depressed.

Focus on your customers and lead your people as though their lives depend on your success.