I love having a president who I think is smarter than I am.

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

A finished person is a boring person.

There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother... Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too.

After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I'm enough.'

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.

There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger.

Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts.

You are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life ... Your entire life ... Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul.

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two stages of human development characterized by conflict between autonomy and security.

My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt.

Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromise.

Why do people have memories? It would be easier to die - anything to stop remembering.

To remain confident and positive, think about your goals all the time.

Maturity is reached the day we don't need to be lied to about anything.

London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live. Everybody is sort of on top of each other.

The biggest misconception people have is that quality is all that matters. The truth is that quality helps, but there’s a ton of high-quality things that don’t go anywhere.

When you are in pain, a moment is an eternity.

I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.

We are all kitsch on our deathbeds.