Knowing what I now know I would never have done anything so fatuous; but then I never would have known what I know now had I not.

there is no reason why anyone should understand how it works… and of course no reason why anyone should care … unless you are curious, in which case I love you, for curiosity about the world and all its corners is a beautiful thing.

Perhaps the greatest definition I think of character and quality is people who when they're truly great rather than making you feel that tall they make you feel that tall, that they're greatness as it were improves you.

I do think it's important not to be absolutely sure, so sure that you can't reinvent yourself in some way, or at least rediscover the truth of why you think what you think, and not just take it as an assumption.

My first meeting with you only confirmed what I first suspected. You are a fraud, a charlatan and a shyster. My favourite kind of person, in fact.

You can't just say there is a god because the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children

All we have to do is listen. The Good Lord gave us two ears and only one mouth, my dear white-headed mother used to say.