A photograph is not necessarily a lie, but it isn't the truth either. It's more like a fleeting, subjective impression.

I was very ill at ease with people in social situations, and I realized that if I photographed I wouldn't have to chat.

What I like so much about photography is precisely the moment that cannot be anticipated; one must be constantly on the alert, ready to acclaim the unexpected.

Photography came as a substitute. I was painfully shy and found talking to people difficult; a camera in hand gave me a function, a reason to be somewhere, a witness, but not an actor.

I think I was shy as a young woman and realized that photography was an ideal way of expressing myself, of telling people what was going on without having to talk.

I feel concerned by what happens in the world.... I don't want to merely document; I want to know why a certain thing disturbs or attracts me and how a situation can affect the person involved.

Words are the writer's sorcery, our dark arts and our sleight of hand. They're our enchantment and our temptation

Doing what is right isn't the problem it's knowing what is right.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

Aren't you, uh..." Clary searched for the right word. "Reproducing?

To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror.

A garden should be in a constant state of fluid change, expansion, experiment, adventure; above all it should be an inquisitive, loving, but self-critical journey on the part of its owner.

A careful and sympathetic sense of humour can also be a great asset when there is need to get out of difficult situations gracefully.

To the as-yet-unborn, to all innocent wisps of undifferentiated nothingness: Watch out for life.

The biggest changes in a women's nature are brought by love; in man, by ambition

As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make friends with the quietness of our sensations.