... everyone knew that all islands were worlds unto themselves, that to come to an island was to come to another world.

There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.

She was owner and captive, both, of a bitterly divided heart.

We salvage what we can, what truly matters to us, even at the gates of despair.

The deeds of men, as footprints in the desert. Nothing under the circling moons is fated to last. Even the sun goes down.

One didn't stop to talk with creatures from one's nightmares.

After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book I would enjoy.

You'd never killed anyone. Then you had.

What man would dare believe that all he planned might come to pass?

Ice is for death and endings.

By things so achingly small are lives measured and marred.

There’s a lot of frogs to kiss before you realize they’re all frogs.

We have to change our thoughts before things can change.

Religious ritual is a way of structuring time so that we, not employers, the market or the media, are in control. Life needs its pauses, its chapter breaks, if the soul is to have space to breathe.

It's the stories that make my heart beat faster ...those are the ones to write about

Age doesn't always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone.

You knew after eight bars that you were hearing something just absolutely new and unique.

The best laughs are on the recognition of truth.

It is safest to shut up and pay, which is what I shall eventually do, though I shall hate having to sell the children.

Unless the guitar works as a color, then I don't use it, so I haven't been playing guitar too much lately.

I continued with whatever 'qualified climbers' I could con into this rather unpromising venture.