I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.
Ian McewanI would rather be physically disabled obviously than mentally. I would rather be paraplegic than nuts. And it is a terrifying prospect and actually the longer we live the more likely it is that that's how we will go and that's a very painful thing to contemplate.
Ian McewanFor the professors in the academy, for the humanities generally, misery is more amenable to analysis: happiness is a harder nut to crack.
Ian McewanAbove all, she wanted to look as though she had not given the matter a moment's thought, and that would take time.
Ian Mcewan