That's what opium does to suffering: makes it of hypothetical interest only.

You put your time where your priority is.

Our own choices might not be as good as those that are made for us.

The end-of-summer winds make people restless.

The function of music is to liberate in the soul those feelings which normally we keep locked up in the heart.

Inhale and hold the evening in your lungs.

Have you ever been lonely? No, neither have I. Solitary, yes. Alone, certainly. But lonely means minding about being on your own. I've never minded about it.

Oh, the sweetness of giving in, of full surrender.

Life can be lived at a remove. You trade in futures, and then you trade in derivatives of futures. Banks make more money trading derivatives than they do trading actual commodities.

If I could eat only one thing for the rest of my life, it would be rhubarb fool, which I make with ginger and a hint of elderflower cordial.

I know. I was there. I saw the great void in your soul, and you saw mine.

Sometimes the smallest things are so damn unforgivable. Maybe because they aren't small—they only seem that way to someone else. You never know what someone holds scared until it's too late.

For magic consists in this, the true naming of a thing.

When I was a child, I thought like a child.When I became adult, I seek a deeper understanding of life.

I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.

The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught.

Being in the studio is a really romantic time.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

I am bound by my own definition of criticism : a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world.

Being with a kid always takes you to being a kid somehow, and they really are showing me a childhood I might not have had in some way.

The best guide in life is strength. In religion, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you, have nothing to do with it.