...And talking of the dear family party which would then be restored, of their mutual pursuits and cheerful society, as the only happiness worth a wish.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

I don’t believe we should carry backupplans in life’s suitcase—they’re too easy to unpack like living a life in yoga pants, so comfortable our hips spreadinto new timezones...

The greatest threat to our Constitution is our own ignorance of it.

Dance is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual

Expectation is the mother of all frustration.

I've never been pregnant, so I just feel God didn't mean for me to have kids so that everybody else's children could be mine.

You can cage the songbird, but you can't make her sing. And you can trap the free bird, but you'll have to clip her wings.

Life does not acommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.

I have always been rather better treated in San Francisco than I actually deserved.

When you are on the podium nobody is asking you if you are 15 or 30 years old. What matters is who can do great gymnastics.

If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing.