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.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make them suffer so. What separated a German mother from a French mother?

But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individual and group differences becomes more firmly established than ever.