Gilbert Parker

Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.

It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.

In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.