What was your life anyway but the tiny black spot of what you've done against the infinite white of possibility?

Every man has a day in his life when nobody can defeat him.

Writing is such a solitary thing, so its nice, when Im discouraged, to see people still have such faith in fiction.

Characters are often revealed by the ways they misapprehend others.

Elizabeth Searle writes with intelligence, passion and wit. She's one of the best young writers around.

Ideology is the light that creates darkness.

The heart was a tyrant, like a child demanding ice cream instead of broccoli and throwing a fit to get its way.

He knocks on doors and stands there. You’d be surprised how few doors get answered

Like many people who dress in black, the lump of coal was interested in becoming an artist.

In my experience when a friend unloaded about a boyfriend or spouse, the listener soaked up the complaint and remembered it long after the speaker had forgiven the offense.

Thank you, " I said bravely, dropping the syllables cleanly, like marbles, and secretly full of the most pathetic pride imaginable. I had spoken to strangers.

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

What is enquiry into the Truth? It is the firm conviction that the Self is real, and all, other than That, is unreal.

Younger people have so many opportunities. I don't see any pessimism among them.

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of good intentions.

I drifted into photography like one drifts into prostitution. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please my friends, and eventually I did it for the money.