Women, O, women! They'll find the baddest meanin' in your words & hold it up.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

Some people say they're gathering DNA. Perhaps they're gathering it for the future when the human race is stronger or weaker, who knows. That's science fiction and mere speculation.

I confess that I cannot understand how we can plot, lie, cheat and commit murder abroad and remain humane, honorable, trustworthy and trusted at home.

I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow for myself.

...but her eyes had had too much in them and his heart way too little for things to keep going.

If Europe’s example is any guide, here are the two secrets of coping with expensive oil: own fuel-efficient cars, and don’t drive them too much.

Christ is the only way to God, but there are as many ways to Christ as there are people who come to Him.

There's nothing in the world so sad as talking to a man who never knew his life was his for making.

That's why whenever I have a really good idea, I'm always worried about theft.

Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written.

Ah me, how weak a thing The heart of woman is!