I think I hate snow, downright hate it. There is something stupefying in it, a kind of 'You must be worse before you're better,' and down it spins.

The truth is that every true admirer of the novels cherishes the happy thought that he alone - reading between the lines - has bcome the secret friend of their author.

I saw myself driving through Eternity in a timeless taxi.

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future plusses.

By health I mean the power to live a full, adult, living, breathing life in close contact with... the earth and the wonders thereof - the sea - the sun.

There are always these moments in life when the limits of suffering are reached and we become heroes and heroines.

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.