I don't know that I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want some one who made it interesting.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

There are no insensitive hearts, just hearts that don't find it profitable anymore to feel.

We are now parents. The love for our offspring has opened up fresh fountains of love for each other. Edwin Stanton to his wife.

...in serving the best interests of children, we serve the best interests of all humanity.

Only with our government are you given a certificate at birth, a license at marriage, and a bill at death.

I've been so blessed to work with the people I have.

They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.

Every 36 seconds in America a woman lays her body down forced to choose abortion out of a lack of practical resources and emotional support. Abortion is a reflection that society has failed women.

I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.

She has been kissed as often as a police-court Bible, and by much the same class of people.

Life is short, so live extra lives. Read books.