To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf.

Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire.

The ideal is to feel at home anywhere, everywhere.

One's happiness is very largely a question of state of mind rather than the world you are looking at.

Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels.

All the best essays are epistemological journeys from ignorance or curiosity to knowledge.

Life is bearable even when it's unbearable: that is what's so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it.

Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation.

When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things—as opposed to making things up—that did not quite happen.

If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff

I guess that as life is speeded up and our capacity for concentration is being nibbled away at by all the obvious things, that leads us actually to be more susceptible to boredom.

Don’t try to understand consciousness. Just try to be deeply conscious and it will reveal its secret to you.

She held herself until the sobs of the child inside subsided entirely. I love you, she told herself. It will all be okay.

Taking risks gives me energy.

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary.

Totalitarian rule marks the sharpest contrast imaginable with political rule, and ideological thinking is an explicit and direct challenge to political thinking.

We can shift from time-bound awareness into timeless awareness . . . to the ecstasy that can only be found in the present moment.

There has to be some certainty about who the leader is before the summer break.

the path of goodness had a name it is called Love in it we find the key to every hope and has it's root in God Himself

All I wanted was to get some nice pictures of trains at night.

To be prejudiced is always to be weak