The Sabbath is the link between the paradise which has passed away and the paradise which is yet to come.

I'm a books person. Yes, I have a Kindle. I used it for an hour and a half and put it in the closet.

Unless you're a terribly bad writer, you are never going to have too many readers.

He would do anything to avoid ageing and death...anything.

My final belief is suffering. And I begin to believe that I do not suffer.

The secret of change consists in concentrating one's energy to create the new, and not to fight against the old.

The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky.

Mrs Bawden yanked me away from the table and dragged me across the food hall. I tried to twist away from her, but she had a grip like a python on steroids.

A street in Constantinople is a picture which one ought to see once-not oftener.

For every way someone can be lost, we want to provide a practical way for them to be found in the very place they have ended up.

I will persist until I succeed. I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.

One thing I won't do: I won't give up on love.

I’m definitely a girly-girl and I love playing with fashion, but at the same time I will go skydiving with you tomorrow.