“A city full of eight million people. It was all rather lonely sometimes.”

“Love is a gift. One that doesn't need to be returned, just accepted.”

“She knew her place in this family, always had. Knew why she was conceived. And it wasn't for a photo on the mantle.”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”

“If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!”

“You can write nothing of value unless you give yourself wholly to the the theme -- and when you so give yourself -- you lose appetite ans sleep -- it cannot be helped --”

“If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.”