All those who love know exactly the limit they're prepared to go to. They know exactly what is required.

Paper is the strongest material in the world. Things under which a mountain will crumble, you can place on paper and it will hold: beauty at its most intense; love at its fiercest; the greatest grief; the greatest rage.

This is among the few things that can be said about love with any confidence. It is small enough to be contained within the heart but, pull thin, it would drape the entire world.

Pull a thread here and you’ll find it’s attached to the rest of the world.

Love was the result of having caught a glimpse of another's loneliness.

All great artists know that part of their task is to light up the distance between two human beings.

As a writer, my homeland is the desk where I work.