It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed.

Love, always love. Perhaps that’s what we’re all looking for.

The secret of contentment is never to allow yourself to want anything which reason tells you you haven't a chance of getting.

If our sex life were determined by our first youthful experiments, most of the world would be doomed to celibacy. In no area of human experience are human beings more convinced that something better can be had only if they persevere.

Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe.

I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism . . . The only way to react is to get up in the morning and start the day by saying four or five vastly politically incorrect things before breakfast!

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.