We used to call it her Cinderella complex, because often when she had agreed to go out in the evening she would be seized by panic and announce that she had nothing to wear.

The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side.

The world is always changing brightness and hotness and soundness, I never know how it's going to be the next minute.

Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.

I look back one more time. It's like a crater, a hole where something happened.

Ma's still nodding. "You're the one who matters, though. Just you." I shake my head till it's wobbling because there's no just me.

It’s called mind over matter. If we don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” When a bit of me hurts, I always mind.

Books are the air I breathe, so I don't notice the seasons.

If I was made of cake I'd eat myself before somebody else could.

I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad.

When I tell her what I’m thinking and she tells me what she’s thinking, our each ideas jumping into the other’s head, like coulouring blue crayon on top of yellow that makes green.

A cup of tea at the ready and a jug of water will suffice just fine.

Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affection or grief has humanized the soul.

While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them.

Investment decisions and personal decisions don't wait for the picture to be clarified.

Marnie hated to see her spend so much of herself on someone who didn't care.

We must never limit God's ability to turn even the worst, most vile experience in our lives into something productive, beneficial and positive.

Democritus's work on the void was revolutionary.

People here don't identify themselves by their sports team.

Listen to people and treat people as you find them. There's an inherent goodness in most people. Don't pre-judge people - that was me Mam's advice anyway.

Dhoni has been an outstanding captain. His record as captain is simply terrific. He has done wonders to Indian cricket.