Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

I loved her not for the way she danced with my angels, but for the way the sound of her name could silence my demons.

The feverish excitement of twenty had been something very noble, very beautiful, but it had not been love.

A drainless shower of light is poesy 'tis the supreme of power 'tis might half slumb'ring on its own right arm.

Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own.

Inspiring passion in children for books, and the world of imagination and creativity fuelled by them, is a fundamental reason for why the Children's Laureate post exists.

Social media is less about technology and more about anthropology, sociology, and ethnography.

He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy.

It's been an extraordinary journey. I have learned so much along the way. I entered the modeling industry as a business person already. I always knew I belonged on the other side of the camera.

I think Yelena Akhtiorskaya is a genius. What she manages to do, linguistically and emotionally, in the span of a single sentence, is astonishing.

Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good.