Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.

The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.

Step back from your Facebook Wall for a moment: Doesn't it, suddenly, look a little ridiculous? Your life in this format?

The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential.

I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.

No matter what anyone says, suicide takes guts. It's for heroes and martyrs, truly vainglorious men. Archie was none of these. He was a man whose significance in the Greater Scheme of Things could be figured along familiar ratios: Pebble : Beach Raindrop : Ocean Needle : Haystack

People don't settle for people. They resolve to be with them. It takes faith. You draw a circle in the sand and agree to stand in it and believe in it.