Don't treat people as you think they are, treat them as you think they are capable of becoming.

Let no stranger intrude here, no invader trespass. This was ours, and this we would defend.

Life's harder, the deeper you feel things, was all I could think as I put the books away. Feelings, who needs them? Sometimes they're like a gift, when you feel love or happiness. Sometimes they're a curse.

Well, I’ve learnt this much: it doesn’t matter what it costs, it’s worth paying the price. You can’t live cheap and you can’t live for nothing. Pay the price and be proud you’ve paid it, that’s what I reckon.

If you added up all the really significant episodes in your life they'd probably come to less than sixty minutes.

I can't describe the feeling when I go down - it's down down down and there's never going to be an up again. And whatever was good isn't good any more; white becomes grey, music becomes dictionaries, honey becomes beer and the sky a curdled lemon. There's no caramel anymore.

Sometimes I think I'd rather be frightened than bored. At least when you're frightened you know you're alive.