Nights without work I spend with whisky and books.

I may be the type who manages to grab all the pointless things in life but lets the really important things slip away.

The heavy smell of flower petals stroked the walls of my lungs.

There were plenty of women around who dressed smartly, and plenty more who dressed to impress, but this girl was different. Totally different. She wore her clothing with such utter naturalness and grace that she could have been a bird that had wrapped itself in a special wind as it made ready to fly off to another world. He had never seen a woman who wore her clothes with such apparent joy. And the clothes themselves looked as if, in being draped on her body, they had won new life for themselves.

Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.

You’re optimistic one moment, only to be racked the next by the certainty that it will all fall to pieces. And in the end it does.

As long as possible, I would really like to complete one marathon per year. Though my time has been slowing down as I get older, it has become a very important part of my life.