Why wasn't there an etiquette book for runaway wives?

But if you never did anything you couldn't undo you'd end up doing nothing at all.

The very thing that attracts you to someone can end up putting you off.

You know why I like to talk to you, Delia? You never interrupt with your experiences. Not jiggling your foot till you get a chance to jump in with your life history.

It is the belief that we instill in them that makes them work round the clock to ensure it comes true.

On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance.

Money is only a vehicle that provides you with options, and I say there's only one thing that money can't buy - poverty.

I think shareholders are the great evil of this modern world.

I got on my knees and sort of communicated with the spirits. When I came out, I was in charge. I couldn't have acted that, I couldn't have written that.

I want to start replacing my “fix” response with an “enjoy” response and just let people be themselves.

The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable.

[Maigret] is more internal. I think if we made more of these I might let him out a bit.

I think we keep these moments of rejection and acceptance very close. I think we carry them always, like cracked shells from which a part of us once hatched.

Dream beautiful dreams and then work to make those dreams come true.