Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.

I swim against the tide because I like to annoy.

Write," he said. "I'll write to you as soon as I get there," answered Julian. "No. Not to me. Write books. Not letters. Write them for me, for Penelope.

Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.

There was no more good or evil in this world than we imagine there to be, either out of greed or out of innocence. Or sometimes madness.

The nurse knew that those who really love, love in silence, with deeds and not with words.

There are people you remember and people you dream of.