Truly it it not the tragedies that destroy us, but the memories of them.

True courage, in the face of almost certain death, is the rarest quality on earth.

He cries. 'Please! I don't want to die.' I lean over. My hair smothers him. 'Then you should never have been born,' I say.

I can only give you some hints. You have to place him in a situation where your advantages are magnified.

My whole life had been an uninterrupted act of loving him.

They are so busy, Julia, trying to help the world that they've forgotten how to help themselves. They've forgotten how to be happy, and it is a happy man or woman who helps the world most.

What you wish for, what you most hope for - that is your greatest illusion.