The worst enemy is one whose doctrines are founded in hate and are thus beyond debate.

This may be the very nature of love, a passion as fickle as the sea, full of certainty when the object of desire is absent, yet dubious when confronted again with the lover's presence.

I was very fierce and very driven at eighteen. But my basic philosophy I think has stayed the same, I'm still an atheist, I still believe strongly in the power of free will (despite the mysticism in my prose). I don't believe in the notion of a pre-ordained destiny, and I think because of the sudden death of my father at sixteen I learnt then that it is essential to live life to the fullest as it could be snatched away at any second.

The worst enemy is one whose doctrines are founded in hate and are thus beyond debate.

We cannot choose the times we live in. Just as, sometimes, we cannot choose whom we love.

You must appreciate that love is the last reason for which a man marries.

It seems to me that women are freed from their responsibilities only when they are merry widows or eccentric old spinsters.