I think that we all, each one of us, we all have to earn our future.

There is nothing so depressing as good advice, and I will be pleased if you do not inflict it upon me. Frankly, I am shocked at you. You must know this, surely? Some years ago I suffered such an offensively gratuitous piece of good advice that I was depressed for six months afterward. It was a very close call - I almost never recovered.

A politician is someone who promises a bridge even when there's no water

Prisons are the temples where devils learn to prey. Every time we turn the key we twist the knife of fate, because every time we cage a man we close him in with hate.

Ask people for help. You'll be all right. Don't worry. It's a great adventure, your life, and it has only just begun.

Some feelings sink so deep into the heart that only loneliness can help you find them again.

One of the ironies of courage, and the reason why we prize it so highly, is that we find it easier to be brave for someone else than we do for ourselves alone.