If people aren't educated, they can't question. If they can't question, they can't change anything, which is great for the status quo and all the people who can question them at their own level.

You were in my arms for the first time, and you said my name, 'Tristan.' I answered you: 'Isolde.' Isolde. The world became a word.

But not all dark places need light, I have to remember that.

Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens.

Don't regret your life, child, it will pass soon enough.

I’m not club-able, you see. I don’t like literary parties and literary gatherings and literary identities. I’d hate to join anything, however loosely.

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.