I might grow old in Brisbane, but I would never grow up.

I write not to record what I think but to discover what I think

All the things we achieve are things we have first of all imagined.

Silence is a form of communication. Speech divides us.

We’re such contrary creatures

Words his soul danced to.

We are continuous with all the particles of our physical being, as in our breathing we are continuous with the sky. Between our bodies and the world there is unity and commerce.

What else is death but the refusal any longer to grow and suffer change?

With all those prizes the most interesting thing is getting on to the shortlist, because that tells you who people see as your peers.

Words are powerful. They too can be the agents of what is new, of what is conceivable and can be thought and let loose upon the world.

So these things happen, deep in our lives. We do not speak of them. We hide them even from ourselves, but they do not leave us.

And the sun on the wall of her room, the block of sun with all the tiny flying things in it. When she was little she thought they were the souls of dead insects, still buzzing in the light.

Books. The reading, writing and cultivation of books is my form of meditation. The books in my life have brought me closest to divinity.

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

Women should never go without earrings. Passing on them is an opportunity missed.

I found a way for her to fall asleep, Paris Hilton, talk to herself.

Black cat, white cat, what does it matter as long as the cat catches mice?

Intelligence is the capacity to perceive the essential, the what is; and to awaken this capacity, in oneself and in others, is education.

He asked <...> Rosemary, why do you love books so much? And I said, Well, I don't know <...> I suppose I love them because they're quiet, and I can take them to the park.

And some days I wonder why I insist on keeping myself alive.

Everybody wants to collaborate with me. I was going to collaborate with Whitney Houston, but she died. Very sad, man. We were very good friends.