One of the injustices of the world was that it was so easy to make the innocent and caring ones happy with so little.

Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.

Books have become products, like cereal or perfume or deodorant.

To anyone with a drop of Irish blood in them the land they live on is like their mother. It's the only thing that lasts, that's worth working for, for fighting for

And if things always stayed the same, Scarlett, what would be the reason for bothering to draw breath?

If only' repeated again and again in her head like a battering ram...'if only' could break your heart.

Scarlett O'Hara did the most courageous thing she had ever been called on to do. She faced up to failure.

How could a man know the truth of his own soul?

To anyone with a drop of Irish blood in them the land they live on is like their mother. It's the only thing that lasts, that's worth working for, for fighting for...

Something happens to people when they're masked. They become too free, uncivilized. They may do anything.

Each soul should know the sacred spirit.

My boys. I don't have them to hold. What do I do with my arms?

If it makes you happy, it’s what you’re supposed to do.

Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.

Drunk with beauty, I tore down Armfuls of blossoms. How desolate the marred sky!

I am most scared of being bored

I want every man on the force to try his best, his level best, to try to avoid arresting anyone. I know that this going to take great will power but try.

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.

We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers.

Matter of fact, the interesting friendships are the ones that are divergent.