Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.

Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.

There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment.

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.

You can't save the rhinos and you can't preserve a culture. I'm very pessimistic. Once it's gone, it's over.

All travel is circular. I had been jerked through Asia, making a parabola on one of the planet's hemispheres. After all, the grand tour is just the inspired man's way of heading home.

Travel is an attitude, a state of mind. It is not residence, it is motion.

Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink.

Tibet has a very proud people but it's culturally gone and overrun ever since the Chinese took over. It's like saving the rhino. When a species is endangered, it's gone.

...People would make the decisions they wished to make and some of them would hurt both themselves and those who loved them, and some would pass unnoticed, while others would bring joy.

some actors seek parts similar to their personalities. But, I prefer undergoing a metamorphosis that depends on the role .

People always want to knock you when you're up.

Balance the cost of the soul you lost with the dreams you lightly sold.

All right, then, I'd die for you. How about that? Don't you think somebody could die for love?

People derive the most satisfaction from doing the best they can.

The [EU] Council of Ministers will have far more power over the budgets of member states than the federal government in the United States has over the budget of Texas.

I wondered if he ever thought of me, and hated the pang I felt when I told myself he didn't.

Since life is but a continuous series of experiences, everything ultimately helps me towards my final enlightenment.

The sins of teachers are the teachers of sin.