History is the propaganda of the victors.

Love itself is what is left over when being "in love" has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.

People taking photographs of their meals are not critics; they are from the United States.

Love delayed is lust augmented.

The trouble with fulfilling your ambitions is you think you will be transformed into some sort of archangel and you're not. You still have to wash your socks.

We should care for each other more than we care for ideas, or else we will end up killing each other.

The De Bernières were very military. I broke the military tradition but I was terribly proud of my father being a soldier.