Calligraphy is a geometry of the soul which manifests itself physically.
Courage is a kind of salvation. Courage is knowing what not to fear.
I've learned a tremendous amount from Oprah.
And don't consult anyone's opinions but your own.
The soul's joy lies in doing.
Bush doesn't present himself as a realpolitik politician.
Problems are there to be solved. How dull life would be without them.
Wine is like the incarnation--it is both divine and human
One who has hope lives differently.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
The fear that all this will end. The fear that it won’t.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
I'm a novelist, not a social scientist or a commentator.
The word 'excess' has no meaning for a male.
Islands are natural workshops of evolution.
Natural selection is anything but random.
'What is the purpose of the universe?' is a silly question.
I'm not much given to straight, irony-free hero-worship.
What is illiberal is not persuasion but imposition of one's views.
The feminists taught us about consciousness-raising.
Bishops sit in the House of Lords automatically.
