Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd. As for admiration, it was always very welcome when it came, but she did not depend on it.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a lesser number of words.

You need to train your brain to be positive.

I am still praying for revolution.

As an artist, you're always trying to reach a new height, do something new, try something you haven't done before, and push your boundaries.

There is an imaginary circle drawn around every human being, over which no government should be able to step.

We never really perceive what color really is, as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.

Nothing really dies as long as it's not forgotten

Things are tougher than we are, just As earth will always respond However we mess it about.

I savor life. When you have anything that threatens life... it prods you into stepping back and really appreciating the value of life and taking from it what you can.

I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up.