Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.

I will fight for you with every breath in my body - and I will never, ever let you down.

I think that if you were to probe a lot of people's religious opinions, they would not be as religious as the numbers would suggest.

You fall in love differently when you are young and far from home in a seductive place. You fall in love with the very air you breathe, and the vivid colours and the unbearably sweet sensation of distance and unaccustomedness.

I read a lot, I write a lot, and I have conversations with people I think are intelligent and wise.