"Real love is always chaotic. You lose control; you lose perspective. You lose the ability to protect yourself. The greater the love, the greater the chaos. It’s a given and that’s the secret."

“Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around.”

Source : Twitter post from

“You can never read your own book with the innocent anticipation that comes with that first delicious page of a new book, because you wrote the thing. You've been backstage. You've seen how the rabbits were smuggled into the hat. Therefore ask a reading friend or two to look at it before you give it to anyone in the publishing business. This friend should not be someone with whom you have a ­romantic relationship, unless you want to break up.”

“I'm a big foodie, I do a lot of yoga - I love yoga - I love running... I just enjoy being really active, and traveling.”

“I got called back into the Navy during the Korean War.”

“I believe it has been said that one copy of The Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides.”

Source : Richard Cobden (1864). “Mr. Cobden and "The Times": Correspondence Between Mr. Cobden, M.P., and Mr. Delane, Editor of "The Times" ; with a Supplementary Correspondence Between Mr. Cobden, and the Editor of the "Daily Telegraph".”, p.10

“I got to know Sugar Ray but I certainly would not say we were good friends.”

“God reveals Himself through surprises.”

“But questioning does not mean the end of loving, and loving does not mean the abnegation of intelligence”

Source : Winifred Holtby (2011). “South Riding”, p.524, Random House