Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast.
Would the world be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries?
In the taxi I let my hand lie on her leg like a promise, but I had no intention of keeping my promise.
The trouble is I don't believe my unbelief.
Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.
It's a strange thing to discover and to believe that you are loved when you know that there is nothing in you for anybody but a parent or a God to love.