To be stories at all they must be a series of events: but it must be understood that this series - the plot, as we call it - is only really a new whereby to catch something else.

That is one of the functions of art: to present what the narrow and desperately practical perspectives of real life exclude.

The literary man re-reads, other men simply read.

Men do not long continue to think what they have forgotten how to say.

I am not sure that the best way to make a boy love the English poets might not be forbid him to read them and then make sure that he had plenty of opportunities to disobey you.

It is very rarely that a middle-aged man finds an author who gives him, what he knew so often in his teens and twenties, the sense of having opened a new door.

Fire. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and the scholars. I will not forget thy word. Amen.

Authentic people are instantly more likable and trustworthy, which makes building rapport with them a pleasure.

I'm a risk taker and i've always been like that that, especially when it comes to fashion

Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.

Anyone wanna buy my Malaysian Airlines frequent flier miles?

Integrity is important in building relationships. And is the foundation upon which many other qualities for success are built, such as respect, dignity, and trust.

We demand an unconditional peace, we demand a cease-fire, a withdrawal of all foreign troops, and closing of the border.... We will find a compromise within the country.

I thought I knew what loneliness was before he found me, but I had no clue. You don't know what real loneliness is until you've known the opposite.

Television, while chemically non-invasive, nevertheless is every bit as addicting and physiologically damaging as any other drug.

I believe that no concern of ours is too small or insignificant.