I am a mother and mothers don’t have the luxury of falling apart in front of their children, even when they are afraid, even when their children are adults.

Love. It was the beginning and end of everything, the foundation and the ceiling and the air in between.

Some women nodded, others shook their heads. I would have killed myself before I let one of them move into my house. Would you Helen? Would you really?

It is nearly impossible.''Nearly impossible and impossible are not the same thing.

I just want to keep you safe.I smile. Americans can be so naive.

it’s better to be bold than meek.If you jump off a cliff at least you’llfly before you fall

Magic to be its best must be unexpected.

Was Vianne really supposed to let Sophie starve to prove her loyalty to France?

... allow me to be an old man for a moment and to remind a young girl who is used to being impulsive that there can be none of that anymore.

We are outside again, walking, when he takes a bite and stops dead. "Wow, " he says after a minute. Then, "Wow, " again.I smile. Everyone remembers their first taste of Paris. This will be his.

Stories that are real, that create you, rather than be created by you, are powerful.

Whoever you are, whatever your dream, you have to be strong in your head and strong in your heart. Be strong. There's no quitting in the person who wants it bad enough.

Isn't it strange how the leaders of nations can talk so eloquently about peace while they prepare for war? ... There is no way to make peace while preparing for war.

Everything I do is about women honouring themselves, treating themselves and taking care of themselves.

Every artist is, first of all, a craftperson thoroughly knowledgeable about the materials, tools, and techniques of his or her particular medium and skilled in using many of them.

The choices you've made in the past are the direct cause of all your unhappiness today.

I think a woman is powerless if she cannot freely claim the right to her reproductive capacity. Society can talk about anything it likes, except a woman's reproductive existence.

In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.

Lifestyle is an terrible, unpleasant put to not have a very finest buddy.

Those who live simply are often pure, while those who live luxuriously may be slavish and servile. It seems that the will is clarified by plainness, while conduct is ruined by indulgence.