What does autumn go on paying for with so much yellow money?

He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly.

If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life

Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you.

In one kiss, you'll know all I haven't said.

To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.

Every day you play with the light of the universe.

Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.

And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night that unites us.

If each day falls inside each night, there exists a well where clarity is imprisoned. We need to sit on the rim of the well of darkness and fish for fallen light with patience.

A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length.

Some people think it’s an insult to the glory of their sickness to get well.

Sometimes our emotions rule us. How we handle the consequences . . . defines us.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

The world's best swordsman doesn't fear the second best; he fears the worst swordsman, because he can't predict what the idiot will do.

I usually congratulate people when they tell me, "I don't know who I am anymore".

If you can't keep quiet, shut up!

I think political correctness really does help us when it serves us but it doesn't help us when it silences us.

The surest and most insidious enemy of freedom is not dictatorship, but complacency.

I most want to be remembered for being as great a mother to James and Lennon as my mum was to me and my brother Jamie.