If people have to choose between freedom and sandwiches they will take sandwiches.

There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, and very good at lying, and she made her home in between the pages of books.

Just as Adam produced Woman without a woman, the Virgin produced the Second Adam without a man.

I bought a Cartier nail bracelet to celebrate the fifth anniversary of my blog. It's an investment piece, but it's simple enough to wear every day, and it's something that will last forever.

An actress is not a lady; at least, when she is, she is not an actress.

Well, it's like that myth about the hero. He made wings out of wax so he could fly, but when he got too close to the Sun, to God, the wax melted and he crashed to the ground.

A vast space naturally raises in my thoughts the idea of an Almighty Being.

I'm totally Italian, but I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a diva. Appearances are so not important to me.

Stop thinking schoolishly. Stop acting teacherishly. Stop talking about learning as though it's separate from life.

Maybe it wasn't the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.

Alas, that love, so gentle in his view, Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof! *It’s sad. Love looks like a nice thing, but it’s actually very rough when you experience it.*