Quote by Ian McEwan

“He did what he could, and that was more than enough.”

— Steven Herrick

“What he had was a sense that few things mattered much. That few people are to be feared. And so he now faced all…

— Dave Eggers

“...and also with sufficient good judgment to appreciate that while he might enjoy the contemplation of his superiority to the masses, there was little…

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“He had seen how people came a cropper by giving way to impulse. It was to his judiciousness, at every turn, that he owed…

— Shirley Hazzard

“One of man's greatest flaws is assigning far too much importance to what he does.”

— Tim Campbell

“A great many people, he had noticed, spent large parts of their time worrying about things they were powerless to alter. Had they concentrated…

— Setterfield Diane

“He had wanted more than he could physically give, and so his walk had become a battle against himself, and he had failed.”

— Rachel Joyce

“He was going to hurt the people he hated, but inside he didn't feel any real sense of satisfaction. He hated them all the…

— Riccardo Bruni

“It was not the size of things that mattered but their perfection, it was not what one had that was important, but what one…

— Elizabeth Goudge

“Somehow it had come to pass that this man was her whole world, and she had failed to take his measure.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

“It all came down to money - the great equalizer and common denominator.”

— James Ellroy

“This man was overwhelming. He had everything in excess and it wreaked havoc on her senses.”

— Lisa Eugene