"Horses frighten me as much as chickens..." - Quote by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us ever more unknown, ever less free, ever more solitary.”

“They looked like two children," she told me. And that thought frightened her, because she'd always felt that only children are capable of everything.”

“Very well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggplant.”

“He who is really good can never be unhappy. He who is really wise can never be perplexed. He who is really brave is never afraid.”

“Fear to do ill, and you need fear else.”

“The first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb, when it comes, find us doing sensible and human things -- praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts -- not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs.”

“In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.”

“When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.”

“Understanding is a two-way street.”