What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power.

The one of the great sadnesses of any life is knowing what you know now and then remembering what you did not know then.

The music of Gavin Bryars falls under no category. It is mongrel, full of sensuality and wit and is deeply moving. He is one of the few composers who can put slapstick and primal emotion alongside each other. He allows you to witness new wonders in the sounds around you by approaching them from a completely new angle. With a third ear maybe.

So we came to understand that small and important thing, that our lives could be large with interesting strangers who would pass us without any personal involvement.

When I write my novels I don't really have a huge plan beforehand; I don't have the whole plot and architecture, so the story is sort of discovered as I write it.

Over the years, confusing fragments, lost corners of stories, have a clearer meaning when seen in a new light, a different place.

From this point on, she whispered, we will either find or lose our souls.