I often think that men don't understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.

All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.

He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.

I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.

Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!

Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.

Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.

They ought to find out how to vaccinate for love, like smallpox.

If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

it's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.

Anything is better than lies and deceit!

The mind is the ultimate hallway to the world

It takes discipline to turn illusion into reality.

Was the dementia of old age a blessing in disguise? No more thoughts. No more damage inflicted. No more memories of damage survived.

I just want that sensation you have in dreams when you fly to be real.

We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions. No woman can be well dressed unless she is comfortable in what she is wearing.

I wanted control over the merchandising, the actual packaging of the product. That was a big factor. The only way for me to exercise control on all those levels was to start my own label.

In genetic epistemology, as in developmental psychology, too, there is never an absolute beginning.

There is no defence for my actions which I sincerely regret. [on an affair with nanny Daisy Wright]

Poetry has been the longest pleasure of my life.

A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you're weak.