If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so?

If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark.

You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things.

But this is a thing that I know--to live with fear is not to live at all. A man will die every moment he is afraid.

Fate is by far the greatest mystery of all.

She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways.

I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak.

Now I was more certain than ever of my decision. I could not love a man who did not love Jane Austen.

One is not born English without knowing how to converse easily about the weather.

I adored history, not the dry dates and boring battles, but the stories and the people who populated them.

I hesitated for all the right reasons. And I accepted for all the wrong ones.

We find and understand the beauty of life through education.

The royal power is the grace to act right.

Sometimes the early bird gets the worm, but sometimes the early bird gets frozen to death.

Whatever you believe and mentally create, you can have.

How many times must a man look up, before he can see the sky?

If you're looking for your own idea of your own identity you know the human genome may not be the best place to look for it. You're just looking at a bunch of viruses.

If I could change one thing about myself... I would try to control my generosity.

Some of the most patriarchal thinkers I know are women. Some of the most feminist thinkers are men.

He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying.

LOVE is like a burden ROSE, but a burden LOVE is never been a beautiful ROSE.