All his words and actions would now be fit for his daughter’s ears and eyes. Life would be lived as if under [her] constant scrutiny. He would never do anything that might cause her pain or anxiety or embarrassment and there would be nothing, absolutely nothing in his life to be ashamed of anymore.

Work hard at . . . something.

It's the face itself that I love, not that face at twenty-eight or thirty-four or forty-three. It's that face.

The fact was I loved my wife to a degree that I found impossible to express, and so rarely did.

Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you

She wondered if she was doomed to be one of those people who spend their lives trying things.

I would never complain about One Day taking off but it made me painfully self-conscious for a long time.