A woman's beauty is a treasure beyond price.

It would evidently take more than a political regime, more than dire poverty to stop a woman from wanting to be well-dressed: it was a desire as old as the world, as old as the desire for children.

In the end we had changed the position of the hands so many times that we had no idea what the time really was.

At any given moment, life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period, it seems to reveal itself as an organism existing in time, having a purpose, trending in a certain direction.

So you really cant think of anyone else who might want to kill you?"asked Jace. "Unlike in your case there arent actually all that many people who dislike me."said Simon.

I wear make-up, and it gets a little bit thicker every year.

I take my part in the food chain very seriously.

I will fix it. I will make it good. I'll bring back our jobs. We'll have good education. We'll have great safety in the inner city.

I've had great success in everything I've done.

The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.

We also know how cruel the truth often is, and we wonder whether delusion is not more consoling.

Here I had a wonderful man who cared for me and I was screwing around with a self-absorbed, conniving monster who'd betrayed me in the worst possible way.

You should always respect what you are and your culture because if your art is going to mean anything, that is where it comes from.