I would have gone too but I wanted to come straight back to you.I kept thinking of you, waiting here, all by yourself, not knowing what was going to happen.

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end.

Every moment was a precious thing, having in it the essence of finality.

Boredom is a pleasing antidote for fear

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

I held out my arms to him and he came to me like a child.

Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me.""Do you mean you want a secretary or something?""No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.

We've got a bond in common, you and I. We are both alone in the world.

There was something rather blousy about roses in full bloom, something shallow and raucous, like women with untidy hair

I know that age, it's a particularly obstinate one, and a thousand bogies won't make you fear the future. A pity we can't change over.

It was true—but it was harsh. And it feels like maybe a harsh truth can be as hurtful as a lie.

Sometimes a single phrase of testimony can set events in motion that affect someone's life for eternity.

White Chocolate. Intense, sweet. But not deep. Okay for prom dates or flings, but not to get serious..Milk chocolates are guys you could date for like a few months, and dark chocolates are for love.

It's hard to sleep at night because I'm still wondering where my mother is.

This nice and subtle happiness of reading, this joy not chilled by age, this polite and unpunished vice, this selfish, serene life-long intoxication.

Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth, answered, "My greatest estate I gained easily enough, but the smaller slowly and with much labour.

I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.

Nothing odd will do long. Tristram Shandy did not last.

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.

Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. Eliminate the need for inspection on a mass basis by building quality into the product in the first place.