Did you ever see anyone shot by a gun without bleeding?

I go back to the reading room, where I sink down in the sofa and into the world of The Arabian Nights. Slowly, like a movie fadeout, the real world evaporates. I'm alone, inside the world of the story. My favourite feeling in the world.

I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.

She was a keen observer, a precise user of language, sharp-tongued and funny. She could stir your emotions. Yes, really, that's what she was so good at - stirring people's emotions, moving you. And she knew she had this power...I only realized later. At the time, I had no idea what she was doing to me.

It's not right for one friend to do all the giving and the other to do all the taking: that's not real friendship.

Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can.

I'm all alone, but I'm not lonely.