Never believe old men or politicians on issues that will make them wealthier while they are alive and the world worse when they are dead.

She didn’t want love, she wanted to be loved and that was entirely different.

I’ve spent a life chasing stories to tell when I’m old.

I’ll love you, but just this twice.

She was the most beautiful, complicated thing I’d ever seen – a tangled mess of silky string – and all I wanted of life was to sit down cross-legged and untie her knots.

I promise to live a life so rich of love that at the end I will not be so shy of death.

Sometimes, to be alone is the best company.

A soul mate would be great, but at some point I’d settle for someone who gets back to text messages.

The doubters are just dreamers with broken hearts.

She was powerful, not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear.