Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.

Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]

The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.

There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.

I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.

Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.

No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.

A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

Being compassionate can be an exciting exercise of embracing life if you let it be.

Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, then happiness as we can manage it.

I thought there would be time, but we always think stuff like that, don't we? We fool ourselves so much we could do it for a living.

When my mother had four girls, and she could tell her marriage was falling apart, she went back to college and got her degree in music and education.

Doubt, if you will, the being who loves you, Woman or dog, but never doubt love itself.

The secret of forgiveness is not to procrastinate, but to free yourself immediately of stress by totally forgiving this instant.

I've never stunned anyone except in our D.A. lessons," said Luna, sounding mildly interested. "That was noisier than I thought it would be.

It's not the size of the house. It's how much love is inside.

I resent 'experts' who have never faced deadly threat, yet who tell me - and you - that we should not consider a response of equal power against those who would threaten our lives.

It's alright to feel fear, but sometimes a very bad idea to show it.