Great loves were almost always great tragedies. Perhaps it was because love was never truly great until the element of sacrifice entered into it.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

There is no such thing as accomplishing a righteous reform by the use of 'expediency.' There is no such thing as sliding up hill. In morals, the only sliders are backsliders.

I've known lots of people that are talented and nothing happens. It's not about talent, it's relentless drive.

I'm sorry I can't give you the normal life you wanted, but I promise to adore you every day for the rest of your new one.

Everything in Italian sounds like 'Give me your money or I'm going to beat your @$$'.

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.

Stop counting crayons, just draw pictures.

Imagine how foolish you would feel if you didn't try only because someone said you're a lunatic.

I don't really worry about being typecast much. I mean, everyone in Hollywood is typecast to a degree.

You need someone to love you while you are looking for someone to love.