There are many ways to the recognition of truth, and Burgundy is one of them.

In those days I had various strong inclinations, for wine, gambling and cockfighting, and the society of gypsies, together with a passion for theological discussion which I had inherited from my father himself-all of which my father thought I had better rid myself of before I married.

It is when people are told their own thoughts that they think they are being insulted.

To be a person is to have a story to tell.

I don't believe in evil; I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots.

There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne — bubbling over with heartfelt gratitude for being alive.

Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the soul.