Old age is an ordeal, of flesh and mind. Of winding down, of slowing down, of dying cells. It's accepting the loss of physical attractiveness and replacing it with the power and wisdom that can only come with old age.

I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens.

Oh, that feels good! I don't know who invented ties and then insisted a man was only properly dressed when he wore one, but if I ever meet him, I'll strangle him with his own invention

There are no ambitions noble enough to justify breaking someone's heart.

Belief doesn't rest on proof or existence...it rests on faith...without faith there is nothing.

Love and hate are cruel, only liking is kind

My books and other works are my legacy, and it's a great comfort to know that mine is a legacy of pleasure for other people.