Reading is a socially acceptable form of hallucination.

It is a sign of intimacy to be able to read in the same room with another person, as trusting as dreaming with someone right beside you.

Working in the service of the dead, biographers quit their labors only when the sole remaining task is the impossible- resurrection.

She was the curator of her marriage, collector of swift quotes and unremarked-upon sensations.

In the draws the smoke coming off the ground like mist and the thin black trees burning on the slopes like heathen candles.

Love is giving of yourself in a way that is free of fear.

Barbarism recommences by the excess of civilization.

To be deeply in love is, of course, a great liberating force.

I like working on big budget films.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Athletics at the highest level is a sport within a sport.

The strange thing about the English character is that they understate everything. It's considered bad form to comment on the food, money, romance, any of those things. So you underplay it.

Walking articulates both physical and mental freedom.

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.