“A life is like a book of many chapters and topics. Which Chapter are is your life?” — Elizabeth Adeniyi Copy Share Image
“We left dents on each other. Mine was in her heart, and hers was on my car.” — J.A. ANUM Copy Share Image
“You're cute when you babble," he says to my total horror and disgust, because unlike the popular noughties rock band, cute is… — Laura Steven Copy Share Image
“Mr Hawkins said nothing; the Hawkins' domestic affairs were arranged upon the principle that Fanny supplied the talk and he the silence.” — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“I was glad to be made aware that “Veimke” (jeune fille au pair), is subject to natural law, and can be made… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Flaccus, the sort of girl I hate Is the scrawny one, with arms so thin My rings would fit them, hips that… — Martial Copy Share Image
“It did not cross the minds of most Hindus that barring exceptions, they were responsible for Catholicism in India. The outcastes of… — Kiran Nagarkar Copy Share Image
“Gentlemen, this is a story that you shall tell your grandchildren, and mightily bored they'll be.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sigh. Here's another fine woman that historians can't believe was real. Of course she was real. Not only is there a splendid… — Sandi Toksvig Copy Share Image
“You can only fight one man at a time with a sword, but, with a pen, you can compose a lecture to… — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
There's such a unique humour in Wales that I just love and miss in Los Angeles. — Matthew Rhys Copy Share Image
“Well, what was I to do? For the well-bred gentleman there was clearly only one recourse. I fucked him.” — Mark Gatiss Copy Share Image
“In my universe, when a dork like Oscar pushes up on a girl like Jenni, he usually gets bounced faster than your… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
“People assume that artists must talk about art and beauty and the sublime whenever we get together, but no, we usually talk… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
“Tom, how many children do you think I have to have before I figure out you get them by having sex?" "Of… — Robyn Carr Copy Share Image
“You couldn’t ever be off your guard with this boy. Even when you had just saved his soul and begun to trust… — Kiran Nagarkar Copy Share Image
Sometimes strident, often tender, never afraid and seldom without humour, Desmond Tutu's voice will always be the voice of the voiceless. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Her eyes widened. I assumed in alarm, but who the hell knew what was going on in her stubborn head. I took… — Becca Lee Copy Share Image
The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtle, without being at all acute; hence there is so much humour and so… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“Excuse me for a moment, will ye. I think I have to talk to the river,' he said unsteadily and flopped over… — Ian Livingstone Copy Share Image
“We did photograph albums, best dresses, favourite novels, and once someone's own novel. It was about a week in a telephone box… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“I find that when people laugh it's usually because they're connecting and identifying in a way that they hadn't considered. That's my… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
