I cannot fix on the hour or the spot or the look or the words which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.

Elizabeth was not playing for the sake of exhibiting her virtuosity: she played for joy.

I hardened my heart against all the Bennets. - Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy.

Honest men cannot be expected to anticipate the actions of scoundrels.

When left alone with her, I ignored her and kept my eyes on my book, though I confess I turned over more pages than I read.

Elizabeth’s tears had wrung my heart: I longed to enfold her in my arms, to comfort her, but I knewit would be infamous indeed to take such advantage of her distress.

Scars, whether physical or emotional, could be not just a representation of survival but also a story of hope.

practice makes better

Writing fluency sometimes needs an intense agony somewhere in your mind

Why should the devil have all the good tunes?

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me.

To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the most exhausting sort

There's nothing like having a history with someone, when you're in a foreign land.

I knew that if I did not start chanting with people, that I would never be able to clean out the dark corners of my own heart. I knew it with every cell in my body and mind.

Railway stations can become growth points for the nearby villages.

If you're not connected emotionally to a story, then you're dead. You're really just opening the door for people to lose interest and their minds to wander, for them to start picking it apart.