Better not to invent her in her absence. Better to wait until she's actually here. Then he can make her up as she goes along.

Lose your temper and you lose the fight.

All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel.

There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything.

The young habitually mistake lust for love, they're infested with idealism of all kinds.

Time rises and rises, and when it reaches the level of your eyes you drown.

This is how the girl who couldn't speak and the man who couldn't see fell in love.

Those who live alone slide into the habit of vertical eating: why bother with the niceties when there's no one to share or censure? But laxity in one area may lead to derangement in all.

More and more I feel like a letter—deposited here, collected there. But a letter addressed to no one.

He was deciding whether to cut her throat or love her forever.

The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.

I hid my love when young till ICouldn't bear the buzzing of a fly

You must thrive to flood the nose and mouth of those who hate you and can't wait to see you fail.

I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.

The way to elegancy of style is to employ your pen upon every errand; and the more trivial and dry it is, the more brains must be allowed for sauce.

If I were asked to think up a new name for temptation, I should recommend the word 'doorknob', because what are these protuberances put on doors for if not to tempt us.

I came out of the womb born to sing and dance. I have to follow my heart.

I get so annoyed at people not looking after their parents. The deal is when we are growing up they look after us and as they grow older we look after them. That's the deal.

The cybermen are good monsters, I think. My earliest memories are of the cybermen from when I used to watch when I was younger. It's nice to have them back.

The pamphlet was very patriotic. That is, it talked about killing foreigners.

To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.