Nick shook his head and found to his surprise that he did have tears left after all. He wasn't surprised by a talking cat. The world was crumbling around him and anything could happen.

Time and death sleep side by side.

But think of how much worse it would be to sit here, not knowing. Until the Dead choke the Ratterlin and Hedge walks across the dry bed of the river to batter down the door.

Maybe if I act well enough, I'll come to believe it myself.

Time plays tricks between here and home, " said Mogget sepulchrally, frightening the life out of the telephone operator.

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.

Anabelle knew she was feeling too much, too fast. That was dangerous. Especially with a guy like Giorgio.

When you listen to other women’s stories, you begin to understand your own better, and you begin to find ways back through and with each other.

One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan. There is no democracy.

Governor Romney is a good debater.

Being rich and famous seems to have its ups and downs. That's the price you pay for being troubadours and clowns.

I suppose all writers worry about the well running dry.

Let us realize that we are sinners and have much to explate, while others less culpable than we are suffer more than we do.

Even before I had had time to really think things through, I realized we must not forget. If all of us forgot, the same thing might happen again, in 20 or 50 or 100 years.

But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.