I didn't move. I've learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are.

You're so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes.

It's those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it , suddenly they become much bigger and much more important than you ever imagined.

It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life.

He saw things in a way that others did not, so that a city I had lived in all my life seemed a different place, so that a woman became beautiful with the light on her face.

Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you think.

As I get older, I use less jewelry - necklace or earrings each morning, not both; my clothes are getting more basic - fewer colours and simpler cuts; and my make-up is stripped back to basics.

The sign of a masterpiece: A painting when there's a lack of resolution.

You know I don’t listen to market gossip,” she began, “but it is hard not to hear it when my daughter’s name is mentioned.

I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.

Glorify Sustainable Organisations since they benefit all society

Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination which the steadfast heart will conquer and the large mind transcend.

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth.

COMMENDATION n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles but do not equal our own.

Pride is over-estimation of oneself by reason of self-love.

Sometimes we are to guard our heart...protect it from invasion and keep things safe and secure. Sometimes we should give our heart... let certain qualities out and release them to others

Paradoxes are the only truths.

I tried to be really tough when I was younger. I felt I had to stand up for myself. I never felt like I fit in.

There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.