"Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure."

"To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect."

"How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!"

"For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime."

"I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."

"I have learnt how to live, how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch."