We're on a mission from Glod.

Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening.

She got on with her education. In her opinion, school kept on trying to interfere with it.

It was sad music. But it waved its sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had done all it could, but you were still alive.

The fastest way to travel is to be there already.

In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.

The Captain of the Watch says if you're still in the City by sunrise he will personally have you buried alive.

Or -- and this she knew was a far more accurate way of looking at it -- the book was true and reality was lying.

The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy waters of the mind.

I MAY HAVE ALLOWED MYSELF SOME FLICKER OF EMOTION IN THE RECENT PAST, said Death, BUT I CAN GIVE IT UP ANY TIME I LIKE.

In my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid.

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.

To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.

Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York so much.

Margaret Thatcher - a woman I greatly admire - once said that she was not content to manage the decline of a great nation. Neither am I. I am prepared to lead the resurgence of a great nation.

Little sister, don't you do what your big sister done.

He who lowers his mind to the dust of all men’s feet, Sees the Name of God enshrined in every heart.

I said to my husband, 'Why don't you call out my name when we're making love?' He said, 'I don't want to wake you up.'

Nothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life.

With Hitchcock I had little relationship. I was called to replace Bernard Herrmann, his favorite composer, in Torn Curtain, after the bitter fight between them.