But the world, in its present state, is no place for princesses.

When someone that you love dies..it's like fireworks suddenly burning out in the sky and everything going black.

People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just to teach children right from the start that life is absurd.

There's so much humanity in a love of trees, so much nostalgia for our first sense of wonder, so much power in just feeling our own insignificance when we are surrounded by nature.

Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty.

That's what the future is for: to build the present, with real plans, made by living people.

I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.

We think we can make honey without sharing in the fate of bees, but we are in truth nothing but poor bees, destined to accomplish our task and then die.

With the exception of love, friendship and the beauty of Art, I don't see much else that can nurture human life.

The real ordeal is not leaving those you love but learning to live without those who don't love you.

When tea becomes ritual, it takes place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.

For young adults, the growth from silly to serious can be very fast, indeed.

Nobody seems to care that with every push to live up to their expectations, my own dreams vaporize.

They are a couple in love, and anyone but a fool would see it is simply that, nothing more- and certainly nothing less.

Yours are the only shoes made to walk your journey.

Great achievements are nothing more than a collection of small accomplishments.

While mistakes may be local, in today’s connected world embarrassment is global

In the end, death came uniformly to all, and all extracted as much satisfaction from their dying as this essentially graceless process could afford.

Attitudes are capable of making the same experience either pleasant or painful.

So let's see what they [Republicans] are going to do. If they're going to put together great programs, and everybody understands that they're good.

I do entertain a lot of negative thoughts and I haven't got any self-belief. But I haven't done bad for someone without any self-belief.