Yes, writing a novel, my boy, is like driving pigs to market - you have one of them making a bolt down the wrong lane; another won't get over the right stile.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

One does not need to be in any cosmetic relationship.

Respect the burden.

Don't make decisions by majority vote. The majority is almost always wrong.

Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but its good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement.

We should never intentionally offend, but if you follow Jesus, you will offend religious people.

The great danger is that in the confession of any collective sin, one shall confess the sins of others and forget our own.

Life is a series of triumphs and disappointments. Once you harness the disappointments, your triumphs will be greater.

Joy, happiness, are hopes and our dreams.... A place of peace and harmony... that's the kind of land I invision.

The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.

And, after all, the Athanasian Creed is light and comprehensible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.