“Let your heart lead you, do not be afraid, for there will be much to regret if reason and sense and fear are your only markers”

“It’s not the pain that’s unendurable. It’s the hopelessness. It’s the hopelessness that makes you reckless.”

“If the decision you’ve made has brought you closer to humanity, then you’ve done the right thing.”

“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”

“I fear that I am not the best possible person for this, but I am the best possible person available at this time, which is much the same thing.”

“Marriage is a marriage- love or arranged. Both require the same level of commitment.”

“Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk.”

“Everybody works . . . . That's what life is. Work and a little play and a lot of prayer.”