But a part of me lies buried in lace and roses on a riverbank in France-a part of me is broken off forever. A part of me will be unflyable, stuck in the climb.

Oh Julie, wouldn’t I know if you were dead? Wouldn’t I feel it happening, like a jolt of electricity to my heart?

Don't know how I kept going. You just do. You have to, so you do.

There’s glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will

Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.

The whole problem of life is this: how to break out of one's own solitude, how to communicate with others.

Sense isn’t democratic. An opinion uttered by 99 people does not necessarily make more sense than an opposing opinion that was uttered by one person.

Each of us needs something - food, liquor, pot, whatever - to help us survive. Dracula needs blood.

Truth does not need argument, agreement, theories or beliefs. There is only one test for it and that is to ask yourself 'Is the statement true or false in my experience?'

Beneath the stars the lake lay dark and sombre," Stead wrote, "but on its shores gleamed and glowed in golden radiance the ivory city, beautiful as a poet's dream, silent as a city of the dead.

News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read.

My buddy Tom... he'd been chasing a girl for two years, and he got her the old-fashioned way - dates and listening.

I have never met a grateful performer in the movies.

Donald Trump wasn't vying for the popular vote. He was vying for the Electoral College, as was Hillary Clinton. The only difference is he got over 300 electoral votes, and she did not.

Happiness inspires productivity.