A shoe that fits one person pinches another.

Every girl pretends she is a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that.

those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.

Maybe we judge people too much by their looks because it's easier than seeing what's really important.

I love you, I thought. But I didn't say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one - that she won't say it back.

I am a princess. I do not follow fashions--I make them.

People make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don't even notice anymore.

Something with inner beauty will live forever, like the scent of a rose.

Good to know: Doctors can't cure you of being a beast.

What happened to romance? Sappy, soppy longhand love letters.

A beautiful thing is precious no matter the price

So you love war. I used to think you were a decent man. But I see now I was mistaken. You're a hero.

Sometimes, power could change hands as quickly as a knife thrust.

Remember you don't do anything in isolation.

Reading takes solitude and it takes focus.

There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife.

Our government has a responsibility to defend our borders, but we must do so in a way that makes us safer and upholds all that is decent and exceptional about our nation.

I remember when my daughter, Marina, was born. The second I laid eyes on her, I was in love, and I had never felt that way before. I couldn't believe it.

Memory is dialogic and arises not only from direct experience but from the intercourse of many minds.

I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.

I like to read either in motion or in water... I am happiest reading in the bathtub.