“I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.”

“The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business.”

“I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life of charm and grace.”