"Politics can only be a small part of what we are. It’s a way of seeing, it’s not all-seeing in itself, and people lik…"

"But wait. My eyes are almost burned by what I see. There’s a bowl in front of me that wasn’t there before. A brown bu…"

"We both instinctively knew never to share weakness until you understood it. ‘Share only strength’ was an unspoken mot…"

"Consolation is about sharing loneliness and making it bearable."

"This is a city of the muses. For poets, painters and composers. This is the artists' enclave. This is Venice and Flor…"

"I loved the exuberance of the place. A sense of liberation and love of life penetrated every room. His home was like …"

"When I from life's unrest had earned the grace Of utter ease beside a quiet stream; When all that was had mingled in …"

"For sorrow and joy are one, and all the past And all the future mingle in a kiss."

"They said: "She dwelleth in some place apart, Immortal Truth, within whose eyes Who looks may find the secret of the …"

"All my novels are about moral questions ... Most of us want to believe in something: politics, religion, saving the w…"