Anybody who's against birth control and abortion has to be a criminal idiot.

Obviously, if you don't love life, you can't enjoy an oyster.

How smartly September comes in, like a racing gig, all style, no confusion.

The fresh start is always an illusion but a necessary one.

Even the stupidest cat seems to know more than any dog.

It is like a party all the time; nobody has to worry about giving one or being invited; it is going on every day in the street and you can go down or be part of it from your window.

Rome is ... an impossible compounding of time, in which no century has respect for any other and all hit you in a jumble at every turn.

Doubt remains a luxury I won't do without.

Even a tourist can tell in a Roman street that he is in something and not outside of something as he would be in most cities. In Rome to go out is to go home.

Shame can be self-indulgence too.

Music or the color of the sea are easier to describe than the taste of one of these Armoricaines.

And I think THAT'S what we need to be pursuing with our lives: learning to be more skillful at coping with our minds.

In riding a horse, we borrow freedom

Life without Gratitude, is like trying to drown your sorrows by teaching them to swim.

It is legitimate for the Turks to try to defend themselves.

Remember, the greatest failure is not to try.

It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.

I really think that being yourself, being original, being outside the box is starting to be appealing to people.

Connor smiles with mocking warmth at him, and glances at the tattoo on his wrist. "I like your dolphin.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

It is nonetheless the best usage that decides the meaning of words.