. . . and he knew that our dreams are none the less terrible to lose, because they have never been the realities for which we have mistaken them.

Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea.

Phoebe Marks was a person who never lost her individuality. Silent and self-contained, she seemed to hold herself within herself, and take no colour from the outer world.

Do you think I will suffer myself to be baffled?

. . . when the horror of his grief was new to him, and every object in life, however trifling or however important, seem saturated with his one great sorrow.

Happiness lies in hope.

Hope is soothing, but it can become deceptive if we cling to it as the last resort against reality.

The joy of intimacy is the reward of commitment.

If you hate, you lose who you are.

Speaking as a minister it is my strong feeling that no man has a right to preach to a crowd that he has not prayed for.

Fear is not one of my attributes.

Every sunny morning is a great fountain; we quaff 'sweet hope' from it.

In the '90s movies were so serious, and so stylistic and slick that I could not identify with them.

Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.

It sends the signal that you can kill and walk away and not face the kind of justice that you ought to pay for those kinds of acts.