He stared at me with bitter understanding. We both knew there was no room in this for friendship. Nothing left but childhood history.

Fate is the malevolent little jester sitting up in the heavens and pondering over how ridiculous we humans are and he does his best to make fools out of all of us. And sooner or later he succeeds.

... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

I think in a moment of weakness, you might surprise yourself.

A well-read woman is a dangerous creature.

I want to fill every part of you, breathe the air from your lungs and leave my handprints on your soul. I want to give you more pleasure than you can bear.

You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.

He was my confidant, the person who was always on my side even when he wasn't taking my side.

Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder on a fire.” ~ Liberty Jones

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

I've always thought it was about finding the right person. But it's about choosing the right person, isn't it?

I have been sadder than any man could be: for nothing in the world was made for me.

To create is to live twice.

If you are the best, you must go that extra mile.

The greatest gift we can give another is the gift of a good example.

If the rose puzzled its mind over the question how it grew, it would not have been the miracle that it is.

As you allow the beloved to grow within you, you will discover a steadfastness to the spiritual journey.

Competition is a painful thing, but it produces great results.

I think cheesecake helps call attention to you. Then you can follow through and prove yourself.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

If you grow up in the suburbs, you hear of people dying of old age, car wrecks, cancer. In the city, it's always people dying of violence or stray bullets.