“When I'm in doubt - as I am now - I ask myself, 'What would Carl Jung do?' - and act accordingly.”

“Grief is an amputation, but hope is incurable haemophilia: you bleed and bleed and bleed.”

“In March of 1915, all three of Lord and Lady Chetwynd-Pitt's sons'd been gassed, blown up or machine-gunned in the very same week at the battle of Neuve-Chapelle. All three. Imagine that: On Monday...”

“A sprinkle of last-minute despair gives a soul an agreeably earthy aftertaste.”

“All the supernatural yarns need a realist explanation and a supernatural one.”

“When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really PLAYED.”

“Back in the days when gladiators hacked away at each other, there was always the man who decided whether the defeated should live or die. The job is usually given to the Emperor in movies, but in f...”

“Pursuing fun is exhausting. Having fun is just fun. Much more relaxing just to do your work, don't you think? I mean if you enjoy it.”