I deserve to be thought a coward. I am a coward. I'm just so bloody afraid of dying — of losing — - Susan Howatch

Acquiring carnal knowledge is like swimming in the sea ... The sea's so beautiful to look at, so wonderful to swim in, but you must never bathe unless it's safe. People so often drown in the sea and some coasts are so very dangerous, ... like the Coast of Gower.

Life's for living, not for mourning ... Live in the present, not the past.

Ghosts, unshriven souls, psychological hang-ups — they all exist in the mind to put people through hell — they're just different ways [...] of looking at a given situation.