She hated him and loved him, longed for him and loathed him, and cursed herself for feeling anything at all

But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in light or lie down in darkness.

Poets never die, I thought. They just fail in the end.

We have just discovered our dear colleague butchered in a hotel room, and you wish to discuss literature?

Beside me the monstrumologist murmured, "I believe I am in hell, therefore I am there.

Ah. And then you kill him.""No, " Arkwright replied patiently. "We are British. We avoid murder if we can help it.{...}

She tried to smile sympathetically, but with her face it wasn't quite possible.

Only the light from your heart can see the beauty of magnificent morn.

The road to success is paved with doubters and haters.

We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.

Quote words that affirm all men and women are your brothers and sisters.

I'm busy and that's the way I like it - when I have too much downtime I get into trouble.

All spiritual things are to be treated with sacred dignity. Humility and meekness are in accordance with the life of Christ, but they are to be shown in a dignified way.

It appears that when life is broken by tragedy God shines through the breach.

I almost never give interviews. It's not because I want to play hard to get. It's just that I never seem to have anything interesting to say.

The part of London where I grew up has the highest crime rates in the country.