Things do not happen, we must make them happen

In my experience, there are two things that no one will admit to: having no sense of humor and being susceptible to flattery.

The strong look for more strength, the weak for excuses.

The cure for a broken heart is simple, my lady. A hot bath and a good night's sleep.

Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine - that is, activity - which could solve it, is seen as odious.

It is almost impossible to describe happiness, because at the time it feels entirely natural, as if all the rest of your life has been the aberration; only in retrospect does it swim into focus as the rare and precious thing it is. When it is present, it seems to be eternal, abiding forever, and there is no need to examine it or clutch it. Later, when it has evaporated, you stare in dismay at your empty palm, where only a little of the perfume lingers to prove that once it was there, and now is flown.

So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.