I love you, I thought. But I didn't say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one - that she won't say it back.

Every girl pretends she is a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that.

those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.

Maybe we judge people too much by their looks because it's easier than seeing what's really important.

I am a princess. I do not follow fashions--I make them.

People make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don't even notice anymore.

Something with inner beauty will live forever, like the scent of a rose.

Good to know: Doctors can't cure you of being a beast.

What happened to romance? Sappy, soppy longhand love letters.

A beautiful thing is precious no matter the price

I was a lawyer for about ten years. The law teaches one to see things from all different angles.

Come now, I was not about to let that thing eat you.

I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.

The surrender of oneself to a stronger power, the unification of one's own movements with the movements of the whole is what makes dance religious and lets it become a service of God.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

Sensuality does not understand why everyone else is so disturbed by her. As a young girl, she was often scolded for going barefoot.

Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often.

I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well.

There's nothing quite as irksome as someone else's mess.

The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.