I love these pet names, " she said, gazing soulfully up into his eyes, "Nitwit. Sap skull. Termagant. How they make my heart flutter!

We've been wed more than a month. Since it appears you mean to stay, I might as well give you leave to call me by my christian name. It is preferable, at any rate, to 'clodpole.

In my dictionary, romance is not maudlin, treacly sentiment. It is a curry, spiced with excitement, and humour, and a healthy dollop of cynicism.

Good is good in the final hour, in the deepest pit – without hope, without witness, without reward. Virtue is only virtue in extremis.

The greatest stories are simple, but well told.

When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think.

I suppose that by being absent from the music business, it appeared that I just dropped out, but really I never did. I was continuously working and doing various things.

I am feeling razor-sharp. Training sessions are really good. I feel that I am in peak condition. I know that I am ready for action.

I love this simply because it's cute, and I guess it's a sign of the times in many respect. It's pretty much saying you complete me, only in the sweetest way possible.

I wish I had a lot of tattoos.

One might have supposed that the true act of love was to lie together and talk.

Every day a little life, a blank to be inscribed with gentle thoughts.

We have very beautiful bad weather here at present - rain, wind, thunder - but with splendid effects; that's why I like it.