booklover

“I told them that I failed to see how speaking to Oprah was any different from what my family and their staff had done for decades – briefing the press on the sly, planting stories. And what about the endless books on which they’d co-operated, starting with Pa’s 1994 crypto-autobiography with Jonathan Dimbleby? Or Camilla’s collaborations with the editor Geordie Greig? The only difference was that Meg and I were upfront about it. We chose an interviewer who was above reproach, and we didn’t once hide behind phrases like “Palace sources”, we let people see the words coming out of our mouths.”
― Prince Harry, Spare

“I don’t really want to die, I wanted to clarify. I just don’t know how to continue to live.”
― Tasha Coryell, Love Letters to a Serial Killer

“One should be worthy of the memory of one’s descendants, as well as one’s ancestors. One should always remain a good person. No matter where life takes you, no matter how hard and curious it gets, you need to remain a worthy person, even if it goes against your own wish.”
― Lina J. Potter, The Price of Happiness

“Love means constantly saying you’re sorry, whether you mean it or not, whether you’re wrong or not. Love means trying to stop keeping score.”
― R. Lee Smith, Land of the Beautiful Dead