Do not sanction an absurdity.

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds; and these invaluable communications are within the reach of all.

Sensibility cannot be acquired; people are born thus, or they have it not.

How are we justly to determine in a world where there are no innocent ones to judge the guilty?

Ah! the spendthrift, love: it gives all and everything with the first sigh!

If you want to succeed in the world it is necessary, when entering a salon, that your vanity should bow to that of others.

In our lonely hours we awake those sleeping images with which our memories are stored, and vitalize them again.

No, " said a voice, "the only thing wrong on a night like that is that there is a world and you must come back to it.

That's the funny thing about stealing money---it always seems to be the rich people who have the most of it.

It’s like saying you’re fixed in the past, and you’re running out of time. Every moment is only the beginning of something new

I think it's cool people love to hate me.

Right now, the Anglo people are desperately trying to hold on to the United States, like they tried to hold on to Africa

I moved to leave, and Dylan actually grabbed me by my shoulders. I was so surprised that I forgot to karate-chop his elbows and break his arms.

As a culture moves from orality to writing to printing to televising, its ideas of truth move with it.

I like being around people who are good conversationalists.

Willpower is a concentration of force. You gather up all your energy and make a massive thrust forward.

A lady has every right to defend herself against unsought advances. And creatures of the night.