At the end of a marriage, no one wins. There is only anger, sorrow, guilt, emptiness, and defeat.

we eat for our stomachs, but we hunger with our hearts.

Foods are like men: some are good, some are bad, and some are okay only in small doses. But most should be tried at least once.

And so I was left with a mantra, a sort of haiku version of our relationship: I don’t regret one day I spent with him, nor did I leave a moment too soon.

At first, I was grateful to be the object of such intense desire. Yet what’s flattering in the first year can be suffocating in the eighth.

One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists.

Don't use Buddhism to become a Buddhist. Use Buddhism to become better at whatever else in your life you are doing already.

I've been to Indonesia, but I've never been to Thailand. I hear the people are lovely, the food is delicious, and that the heat and humidity are lethal.

Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again." "Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?" "Yes. I want to ruin you." "Good," I said. "That's what I want too.

What is Christian in art does not lie in the theme but in the spirit of it, in its wisdom and the understanding of reality it reflects.

If Gandhism means simply mechanically turning the spinning wheel, it deserves to be destroyed.

May we continue to remember not to judge man by the color of his skin, but the content of his character.

I actually got to stay and watch the filming of different parts of the movie [Romeo+Juliet]. I got to meet some of the co-stars, like John Leguizamo.

The function of abundance is not to possess things but to use them and gather experiences.

After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.