All the way up the river she's been holding back somehow, waiting. Now you'll both have to wait. I'm not going to disappoint her, Kit. When I take you on board the Witch, it's going to be for keeps.

What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree.

the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out.

There is no escape if love is not there

She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.

The impression of strength came from an extraordinary vitality that seemed to pulse in the very air around him

Tis a strange thing, that the only friends I have I found in the same way, lying flat in the meadows, crying as if their hearts would break.

There was something irresistible about popcorn.

From that first moment, in a way she could never explain, the Meadows claimed her and made her their own.

How right- how incredibly, utterly right- and how impossible!

There is no escape if love is not there," Hannah had said. Had Hannah known when she herself had not even suspected? It was not escape that she had dreamed about, it was love.

To enjoy the magnificence of life, drink every drop of life and get drunk.

War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy. His wife and children may be shoeless

First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.

Never have so many been manipulated so much by so few.

Music that paints nothing is only noise.

Well my chocolate is so good I could sell it in an obnoxious prism shape.

Put not your trust in new leaders, better systems, new organisations or regulatory reorganisation. They may well be good and necessary, but will to some degree fail.

I was terrorized by the emotional requirements of being an actor. Acting is like letting your pants down; you're exposed.

Follow your heart, your instincts. People might try to dissuade you from your passion, but no one can live your life but you.

Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others.