But sometimes you have to be brave. Sometimes you have to show people what's important in life.

Women need chocolate. It's a scientific fact.

People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance

Look into your heart- and go after what you really want.

Never give up on something you really want. However impossible things seem, there's always a way.

You panicked". Venetia's voice is suddenly throbbing, as though she can't control a long-buried anger. "You panicked, Luke, and we lost the best relationship that we had. Everyone was jealous of us at Cambridge, everyone. We were perfect together." We weren't perfect!" He looks at her incredulously. "And I didn't panic---" You did! You couldn't cope with the commitment! It frightened you!" It did not frighten me!" Luke shouts, exasperated. "It made me realize you weren't the person I wanted to have children with. Or spend the rest of my life with. Ever. And that's why I ended it!

Sometimes, when I can't get to sleep, I imagine all the rules I'd invent if I ever got to be in charge of the world.