Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature.

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.

Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.

Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

I suppose what one wants really is ideal company and books are ideal company.

As much as you long for it, it longs for you more. Take one step toward the Big Person and it will take a hundred steps toward you.

Is this a good time to pat your shoulder?

Jewelry is something that has to do with emotion. That aspect of jewelry really interests me.

If we own the story then we can write the ending.

Perfection doesn't exist... only good attempts.

In today’s work arena, creativity may be more of an asset than competence.

In college, it's very easy to maintain your female friendships because you're in such close proximity all the time.

If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse, they may desert you and leave you worse than childless in a cold and unfeeling world.

Game of Thrones' is just incredible, what they pull off every week.

All countries will inevitably have to do what Russia has done.