The word love has always tasted like the scent of fresh ink and soft paper to me. Like a newly written poem.

Jealousy smells like the water in the bottom of a flower vase after the flowers have died.

If seeds despaired in their darkest hours, they would never rise to enjoy their brightest days.

I think, for one, we have to really accept that anger is a normal human emotion that can be a positive force for change.

The writing in Mission to Paris, sentence after sentence, page after page, is dazzling. If you are a John le Carr fan, this is definitely a novel for you.

It is irresponsible to set an arbitrary cap on how much therapy a Medicare beneficiary can receive. It ignores the health needs of our senior population - especially the oldest and sickest.

Each of us has capacities. The real trick is knowing the machinery of the boat in which you are crossing the channel.

I'm a huge fan of the Ken Burns documentary style, big time. I love documentaries full stop. I'm a big documentary fan. That's my reality. I don't like reality TV. I like it like that.

Anarchy, the absence of a master, of a sovereign.

My vanity is not remotely physical, it is cerebral. I suppose feeling self-conscious might be a form of vanity, though.

What the apartheid system was really good at doing was convincing groups to hate one another.

You are a Christian because somebody cared. Now it's your turn.