We are so convinced of the goodness of ourselves, and the goodness of our love, we cannot bear to believe that there might be something more worthy of love than us, more worthy of worship. Greeting cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all the time.

You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.

An essential part of power is the freedom not to think too deeply

He had her in his heart, but not always in his mind.

As far as I'm concerned, if you want to find out about the last day of WWII or the roots of the Indian Mutiny, get thee to a books catalogue.

I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. Im too old to go raving, but my fondest memories are of that kind of thing - dancing, with lots of people, outside if possible.

Surely there is something to be said for drawing a circle around our attention and remaining within that circle. But how large should this circle be?