Believe me, all of you, the best way to help the places we live in is to be glad we live there.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

The love we have can’t die. If you ever think I’m not there, just be still and you’ll feel my presence. I’ll be beating with your heart.

And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!

To seek the praise of men as our motivation is to abandon truly great things, for more often than not truly great things elicit the ire of men far more than they garner their praises.

It is a mistake to speak of a bad choice in love, since as soon as there is a choice it can only be a bad one.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to live to yourself.

I like the south of Spain, notably for the Moorish influence and the weather.

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.

The only way to live a long life is in a state of constant boredom.

I don't want to own her, but I can't let her have it both ways. There is one too many of us.

I've learned ruthless concentration. I can write under any circumstances...street noises, loud talk, music, you name it.