Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.

I am 46, and have been for some time past.

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.

Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.

There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on any of these things to see you through. Circumstances do that.

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.

Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of.