His kisses tapped into deep mines of memory, and the years that had separated us fell away as if they were nothing.

... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder on a fire.” ~ Liberty Jones

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible.

Sometimes a woman needs a man for company, no matter how useless he is.

Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.

Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no." -Liberty Jones

Opening up to the wrong person is like putting ammo in their hands.

You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.

If loneliness was a choice, what was the other option? To settle for second-best and try to be happy with that? And was that fair to the person you settled for?

Commitment mixed with drive and sprinkled with imagination creates sustained results. Stay focused and you will make your mark!

Writers need faith, or else we can never trust the action of our words!

Senescence begins And middle age ends The day your descendants Outnumber your friends.

The 'you' who you think you are does not exist.

I want to get down to the nuts and bolts of what is actually going to change to lift New Zealands economic performance.

Like anything else, knowledge must evolve.

To love someone so deeply means also that it will hurt a thousand times more when he disappoints or leaves you

When autumn comes, it doesn't ask. It just walks in, where it left you last. And you never know, when it starts; until there's fog inside the glass around your summer heart.

The highest compliment one can be paid by another human being is to be told: 'Because of what you are, you are essential to my happiness.'

I had worked in fiction a lot before I started making documentaries, but when I was around 32 or 33-years-old I suddenly got so fed up with the world of fiction, which is so money-centered.