“Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.”

“He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. I could have looked at him forever.”

“Better than chocolate, being with you last night. Silly me, I thought that nothing was better than chocolate.”

“They know that tragedy is not glamorous. They know it doesn't play out in life as it does on a stage or between the pages of a book. It is neither a punishment meted out nor a lesson conferr...”

“See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be”