“The first years of my life are of no imprtance. At the age of nine, I was packed off to a preparatory school in the South of England, and for the next four years led the usual life of a preparatory-school boy. I indulged in midnight feasts and was periodically beaten.”

“Writers' trousers are famously unpredictable in many ways, but I haven't met another author whose trousers simply disintegrated en route to a reading. There I was, young and nervous and not wearing a frock due to poor body image issues, stuck on a late afternoon train, leafing through my notes in a preparatory way and yet also feeling, somehow, chilly.”

“For all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for all. There is no end to that journey, only the next great voyage. We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make.”

“I got so schooled this year.By a nine year old.He taught me that it's okay to live life a little backwards.”

“He had every gift but the gift of years”

“(The subjects of What Should I Do With The Rest Of My Life) "have convinced me that past failing can as easily prove preparatory as predictive. Age does not of itself limit on enable us. The choice is ours.”

“C'est vrai qu'en général, comme je suis juste de passage dans leur vie, les rapports avec les conducteurs me prenant en stop sont très forts, intenses et authentiques. Nous ne perdons ni de temps, ni de salive en faux-semblants ou en courbettes inutiles. Chacun s'exprime, se confie, s'extériorise selon l'envie du moment, sous la seule dictée de son coeur ou de ses entrailles.”