Either we live by accident and die by accident, or we live by plan and die by plan.

Throughout the hours of the night, though there had been few to hear it, the whole sky had been loud with the singing of these constellations.

[Camila] was quite incapable of establishing any harmony between the claims of her art, of her appetites, or her dreams, and of her crowded daily routine. Each of these was a world in itself.

But such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary.

The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs.

She did not suspect that the Abbess was even there hovering about the house, herself estimating the stresses and watching for the moment when a burden harms and not strengthens.

But while they continued staring into one another’s face waiting for the miracle of science the pain grew worse.

Perhaps she would learn in time to permit both her daughter and her gods to govern their own affairs.

The art of biography is more difficult than is generally supposed.

Geography and mileage mean nothing. Separate is a single word that covers all distances that aren't together.

Generally in New York, people just walk over you with no problem about that. Other countries, people want to resuscitate you, like, after a bit.

Women are like fingers and toes because they're easy to count on.

Prepare your mind to recieve the best that life has to offer.

It's okay. You aren't my type. What's your type? Someone who gets into less trouble.

Boys are stupid and girls are trouble.

There is no work of art that has ever been made that is absolutely truthful about life.

In proportion as man approaches the outer rim, he becomes lost in details, and the more he is preoccupied with details, the less he can understand them.

Money in politics is a huge issue.

When Mexicans sneak across the border, they're more apt to carry a bag of pot then they are a fistful of money. Because the pot can be exchanged for money, anywhere in America. Anywhere in the world!