To tell someone not to be emotional is to tell them to be dead.

By betrayal, I mean promising to be on your side, then being on somebody else's.

History is a string full of knots, the best you can do is admire it, and maybe tie it up a bit more. History is a hammock for swinging and a game for playing.

Everyone thinks their own situation most tragic. I am no exception.

Part broken - part whole, you begin again. ( from 'Why books seem shockproof against change.' THE TIMES: BOOKS)

My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And that is enough.

I was the place where you anchored. I was the deep water where you could be weightless. I was the surface where you saw your own reflection. You scooped me up in your hands.