I pretended indifference…even in the presence of love, in the presence of hunger. And the more deeply I felt, the less able I was to respond.

We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.

Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer.

The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.

The master said you must write what you see / But what I see does not move me / The master answered Change what you see.

Intense love always leads to mourning.

From the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved.

The soul is silent. If it speaks at all it speaks in dreams.

The unsaid, for me, exerts great power.

At first I saw you everywhere. Now only in certain things, at longer intervals.

I’m like the child who buries her head in the pillow so as not to see, the child who tells herself that light causes sadness—

Truth brought to public light recruits the best of us to work for change. On the other hand, even the best-intentioned "noble lie" ultimately discredits the finest of causes.

His leap was exact, mathematical. The initial arc - head tucked between taut arms that spread out gradually like wings - was as graceful as a swan dive.

The worst thing about movie-making is that it's like life: nobody can go back to correct the mistakes.

Judges are required by our democratic system not to overstep their positions to become policy makers or super-legislators.

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

Intelligence is measured by a person's ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.

Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.

Man has regarded woman as his tool. She has learnt to be his tool and in the end found it is easy and pleasurable to be such, because when one drags another in his fall, the descent is easy.

Even a good politician, someone who is very ambitious, chooses not to see trouble.

Science fiction really is the only genre that lets you use your imagination without limitations.