I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for.

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens along Main Street were filled with sugary pink peonies and Dutch tulips.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.

This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

The evening had turned sweet and blue.

Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.

Those clouds are angels' robes.

Forgive me if I stare, I knew you were young, but even then I was expecting someone a little more, well, more.

Men will let you abuse them if only you will make them laugh.

I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

I never thought in a million years that I would do a weekly series.

It's the only thing I get inspired by! I get inspired by dreams. Who cares about the rest?

I'm Miss USA, not Miss Religion USA.

What I gained by being in France was learning to be better satisfied with my own country.

Actors, it's very hard for them to make value judgments when they play characters. It's very dangerous if you start thinking of yourself as a bad guy.