(T)here exist friendships which develop their own inner duration, their own eons of transparent time.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

People don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet.

Yes! I'm also a big fan of the movie '10 Things I Hate About You,' which was also based on Shakespeare.

I've never been put down by a man, unless I deserved it, and have never felt inferior.

The human mind naturally adapts itself to the position it occupies.

People who were close to me - family and friends - they knew about my sexuality.

I'm not motivated to entertain people through Twitter, so just by having Twitter and not saying anything, I make people mad.

The miserable person is easily enslaved.The cheerful person,the blissful person,cannot be enslaved.

Screwing business as usual fundamentally recognises that doing good is good for business.

This is so unfair to you. (Ryssa) Life isn’t about being fair. It’s not about justice. It’s all about endurance and how much we can suffer through. (Acheron)

Read widely of others' experiences, even if it'd be more comfortable to snuggle back in the comforting cotton-wool of blissful ignorance.