To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

One day$$$ maybe not in the next few weeks$$$ but certainly in the conceivable future$$$ someone will be able to refer to me without using the word 'arse' somewhere in the sentence.

For alarmingly large chunks of an average day$$$ I am a moron.

There had been times when he knew$$$ somewhere in him$$$ that he would get used to it$$$ whatever it was$$$ because he had learnt that some hard things became softer after a very little while.

When you're unhappy$$$ I guess everything in the world -- reading$$$ eating$$$ sleeping -- has something buried somewhere inside it that just makes you unhappier.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.

Science is the one human activity that is truly progressive. The body of positive knowledge is transmitted from generation to generation.

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

Put not your trust in money$$$ but put your money in trust.