I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

The language of the face is not taught by the schools; it is intuitive, and to the observant is always legible.

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.

It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one's self, never above others.

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

The broken eggshell of a civilization which time has hatched and devoured.

We, women of one country, Will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.

God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.

Life is like a cup of tea, the sugar is all at the bottom!

Much of the work of every life is done in the dark.

Don't you think that the best things are already in view?

Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case.

atheists are the most faithful people I ever met

The only reason to have a positive mental attitude is that it makes life better. It doesn't cure cancer.

The world is incomprehensible. We won't ever understand it; we won't ever unravel its secrets. Thus we must treat the world as it is: a sheer mystery.

My mother, religious-negro, proud of Having waded through a storm, is, very obviously, A sturdy Black bridge that I Crossed over, on.

People always come up to me and say, Oh, you're Chloe Se-VIG-ny, right? Sevigny. Number seven, letter e.

She looks like a fairy tale, but yet feels so natural (natural, natural, natural) This one's a beast, but way to wonderful to be compared to an animal

There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would meet around the next corner; if life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.

I have a healthy view of what one can do with art.

Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Behind every word flows energy.