History is the lies of the victors.

A pier is a disappointed bridge; yet stare at it for long enough and you can dream it to the other side of the Channel.

Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.

The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.

The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly.

The land of embarrassment and breakfast.

When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.

History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.

What is the easiest, the most comfortable thing for a writer to do? To congratulate the society in which he lives: to admire its biceps, applaud its progress, tease it endearingly about its follies.

Some of the freckles I once loved are now closer to liver spots. But it’s still the eyes we look at, isn’t it? That’s where we found the other person, and find them still.

The more you learn, the less you fear. "Learn" not in the sense of academic study, but in the practical understanding of life.

The love you have for your child is so much greater than any challenge you'll face as a parent, and that's what helps you through.

Torture, including practices like waterboarding, violates the legal and moral standards of all civilized nations.

Come cook food with me and do nothing.

While we may not mind being used, we resent deeply being made to feel discarded.

Consider The lilies of the field whose bloom is brief:-- We are as they; Like them we fade away As doth a leaf.

I have found that the more I teach those who want to learn, the more I learn.

And every day when I've been good, I get an orange after food.

I guess my husband is a muse as well.

Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the future.

Everyone needs a theme song! It should make you feel like a million dollars.