We think the world is ours forever, but we are little more than squatters.

One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse.

That of all people, it should be him; that took her aback. That the heart should settle on somebody like him; that surprised her. But she was so certain about it, so certain.

I cannot see myself in a new car. I am a tiny white van person. That is what i want!

We should be careful of the insults we fling at others, lest they return and land at our feet, newly minted to apply to those who had first coined them.

How many of us are happy to be exactly where we are at any moment?...only the completely happy think that they are in the correct place.

Talking about pumpkins doesn't make them grow.