"I’m not frightened of the darkness outside. It’s the darkness inside houses I don’t like."

"In this country there are only two seasons, winter and winter."

"Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your time to learn from your own."

"I dreamt about you last night. Fell out of bed twice."

"My usual self is a very unusual self."

"I can’t stand people who laugh at other people. They’d get a bigger laugh if they laughed at themselves."

"As I was going up Pippin Hill, Pippin Hill was dirty. And there I met a pretty miss, And she dropped me a curtsy. Lit…"

"We don't ask for life, we have it thrust upon us."

"Anything's hard to find if you go around looking for it with your eyes shut."

"The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence."