I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Over the lives borne from under the shadow of death there seems to fall the shadow of madness.

Twenty-three is old. It's almost 25, which is like almost mid-20s.

I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.

Femininity appears to be one of those pivotal qualities that is so important no one can define it.

No one ever mentioned it, but thousands of men welcomed World War II as a way to escape their humdrum lives rather than a chance to fight for God and country.

Get jailed, jump bail, join the Army if you fail.

I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels.

Master the divine techniques of the Art of Peace and no enemy will dare to challenge you.

All I know is that I fell in love with you, and I've never been more frightened about anything in my entire life.

Most of us are so focused on what we don't have that we're blinded to what we do have.