No one who was not by nature a lover of logic, and an extreme precisian in the use of words and phrases, could have written the two "Alice" books.

I am well aware that the path of the biographer is beset with pitfalls, and that, for him, suppressio veri is almost necessarily suggestio falsi - the least omission may distort the whole picture.

Friendship has splendors that love knows not. It grows stronger when crossed, whereas obstacles kill love. Friendship resists time, which wearies and severs couples. It has heights unknown to love.

All the beautiful roads are infinite because beauty gives us the feeling of infinity!

Retirement is the menopause of an employee’s mind and hands.

When what we say doesn't match how we act, we are lying to ourselves.

Unless you bear with the faults of a friend you betray your own.

Best two rock voices I've heard in a last few years both have been from grunge bands: it's Eddie Vedder and the other one is Chris Cornell from Soundgarden.

I know nothing and my heart aches

I believe that as soon as people want peace in the world they can have it. The trouble is they are not aware they can get it.

My best feature is unfortunately a private matter, although I'm told it is spectacular. But you can't really walk it down the red carpet. What can I say?

Life is simple. Your life is made up of only two kinds of things – positive things and negative things.