Travelling fills me with dread.

The terrible thing about the internet and Amazon is that they take the magic and happy chaos out of book shopping. The internet might give you what you want, but it won't give you what you need.

The art of living is the art of bringing dreams and reality together.

When you go for a walk, take seeds with you, poppies, rainbow chard, rocket. Plant them among the weeds in patches of wasteland. See what happens.

In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed,' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a dilettante. Commit to nothing. Try everything.

There is nothing so perfect as pinball and a pint at 11 a.m.

My idea of childcare at festivals is to sit at a trestle table with an ale while the kids run around and make up their own games.

I count it as a certainty that in paradise, everyone naps.

When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap.

Pain will never leave us. Instead of putting energy into destroying pain, we need to put energy into creating pleasure.

Beauty, pleasure, freedom and plenty of sleep: these are the hallmarks of a successful idler's break. Travel should not be hard work.

It was a little weird that they were friends. But then, maybe freaks just tended to find each other.

The political horizon looks dark and lowering; but the people, under Providence, will set all right.

I love 'Harry Potter' and JK Rowling - don't laugh at me!

No creature needs to be threatened with death to act in accord with its own nature

Ser Barristan loves his honor, Grand Maester Pycelle loves his office, and Littlefinger loves Littlefinger.

If you can express yourself so as to be perfectly understood in ten words, never use a dozen.

Hard words are for fools and cowards.

I was about 21 when I read that [Mere Christianity], and my faith was really being shaken during those days. Its a great, classic book.

You can never go too far wrong by thinking like a customer who’s new to the business.

People say what we're doing is holding out when in reality the teams are trying to crush the draft market because they don't want to pay fair market value.