Twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one To live in paradise alone.

But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near.

Therefore the love which us doth bind, But fate so enviously debars, Is the conjunction of the mind, And opposition of the stars.

Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.

Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime.

Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.

The world in all doth but two nations bear- The good, the bad; and these mixed everywhere.

Art indeed is long, but life is short.

The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace.

And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept their time.

I have a garden of my own, But so with roses overgrown, And lilies, that you would it guess To be a little wilderness.

My mixed-race background made me a broad person, able to relate to different cultures. But any woman of colour, even a mixed colour, is seen as black in America. So that's how I regard myself.

Don’t be a hero,” I told him sternly. “Protect yourself.

INDISCRETION, n. The guilt of woman.

Rebounding helps a lot with your ball skills, because you're able to go get the ball at a high point, which is what they want you to do in football.

Artist by nature, actor by instinct, poet by accident, and vagabond by choice.

I too complain ceaselessly in my heart and in my words too. My very life is a protest. Against government, for instance.

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

David Cameron's message of change, optimism and hope is in tune with what Britain wants today

About Antrax by Terry Brooks: I wonder if he's planning a book called SRS? Or F'lu?

I work out, I go to pilates, I walk and I eat everything I can get my hands on.