She would seize every opportunity to dive into the bathroom, in a swirl of white towels, and once in there she was as hard to dislodge as a limpet from a rock.

My childhood in Corfu shaped my life. If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood.

Gradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen.

I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus.

Overflowing with the milk of human kindness, the family had invited everyone they could think of, including people they cordially disliked.

The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

He knows I rip him off every day. He's the godfather for me. Nobody can say they aren't influenced by what Stevie Wonder has done.

When you tell yourself that there is nothing you can do to arrest the global slave trade, you underestimate your own potential and abandon hope for those trapped in captivity.

I cannot spare the luxury of believing that all things beautiful are what they seem.

Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg, by the side of which more will be laid.

What is Friendship? Something deep That the heart can spend and keep: Wealth that greatens while we give, Praise that heartens us to live.

The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.

A lot of people had doubts. I tried to tell people I never had doubts.

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.