I have always preferred maps to books. They don't answer you back.

Peace, though beloved of our Lord, is a cardinal virtue only if your neighbors share your conscience.

'Y' is about the weakest letter of all. 'Y' can't make up its mind if it's a vowel or a consonant, can it?

Perhaps all human interaction is about wanting and getting.

Loneliness is an integral part of travelling. I used to think it was the downside to travelling, but now I realise it is a necessary educative part of it to be embraced.

I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.

Only professional diplomats, inveterate idiots and women view diplomacy as a long-term substitute for war.