Humans, in the day that has been the Earth, have been here for less than a minute. We’re a late-night piss in the toilet, that’s all we are.

Make sure, as often as possible, you are doing something you’d be happy to die doing.

Flowers, after love, must have been the best advert planet Earth had going for it.

There is only one genre in fiction, the genre is called book.

The first rule of marriage: solve the mystery, end the love.

And yet, I was scared of falling asleep, because the moment I fell asleep my wounds would heal and right then I didn’t want that to happen. Right then, I found a strange but real comfort in the pain.

No one will understand you. It is not, ultimately, that important. What is important is that you understand you.

So love is about finding the right person to hurt you?”“Pretty much.

The best way to think of the ageing process in relation to a human face is to imagine a map of an area of innocent land which slowly becomes a city with many long and winding routes.

The next day I had a hangover.I realised that if getting drunk was how people forgot they were mortal, then hangovers were how they remembered.

Laughter, I realized, was the reverberating sound of a truth hitting a lie.

Forgiveness is a gift we can only give to ourselves.

All of our deeply held dreams and aspirations require us to build on our common bonds.

Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.

I've been blessed, acne never knocked on my door. I think I look pretty darn good.

The most effective way to transform into higher consciousness is to pay attention in the present moment.

Out in the ocean, a rope is put around the man's neck. The other end of the rope is attached to an old jukebox and it is thrown overboard. The man invariably follows.

When people say that German or any other language is romantic... all they really mean is that they've enjoyed a past in the language

As long as you are trying your very best, there can be no question of failure.

People ought to have more control over their lives.

Treat everyone how you want to be treated.