To walk into history is to be free at once, to be at large among people.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

Each man is an island unto himself. But though a sea of difference may divide us, an entire world of commonality lies beneath.

Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.

I think all the stuff that happens before the pictures are taken is much more exciting.

Just as a salesperson is never extreme or original or overdressed, so the TV retailers never do anything to distract their audiences from the real product, the commercial.

No matter what I preach or what we claim to believe in our heads, the future will depend upon our times of prayer.

I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.

I don't do cold. My reaction to cold is drastic. I'm a southern boy.

I really want to see Israel. I would like to come and to express my support in the peace process there, and help the war orphans.

Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a red flag to a bu... was like putting something very annoying in front of someone who was annoyed by it.

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.