Existentialism is about being a saint without God being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society. – Anita Brookner
Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man. – Anita Brookner
A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar. – Anita Brookner
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule. – Anita Brookner
We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are better off being warmer than being colder. And historically, the really bad times for the environment and for people have been the cold periods rather than the warm periods. – Freeman Dyson
And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to go to the movies and to not think about the problems of the day or the problems of tomorrow or the yesterday and just go on for the ride and have the fun of losing oneself in a fantasy. – Nicolas Cage