Suffer. You could say it means endure, but that's not exactly right

Be a little kinder than you have to.

Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.

See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be

The universe is seeming really huge right now. I need something to hold on to.

Whoever dies with the most stuff wins.

He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. I could have looked at him forever.

Better than chocolate, being with you last night. Silly me, I thought that nothing was better than chocolate.

One day, she ventured to the palace library and was delighted to find what good company books could be.

When blood dripped on my bare feet or poured over the book I was reading, he was kind.

For the old people in my family—Mummy, the aunties, Granddad—the accumulation of beautiful objects is a life goal.Whoever dies with the most stuff wins.Wins what? is what I’d like to know.

Kindness suits you.""Really? I think I'm quite allergic to it.

Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.

Go where the situation takes you, but never forget where you came from, where you belong and the direction of where you entered in.

I never sat down and said, 'I'm going to write historical fiction with strong romantic elements.' It was just the way the stories went.

Acting is making it seem like it's happening now.

Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them

Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much.

Legends were not only for the desperate. Legends were for the brave. (Soren)

Baseball is America's pastime, and that record is absolutely huge in the States.

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other.... The whole purpose of life is to live by love.