In relationships it is best to assume nothing.

That's the thing about a great book. Every time you read it, it's different, because you're different. You've changed since the last time you picked it up, things have happened to you.

Why should I bring happiness to those I loathe by obliterating myself, when I can make them miserable just by existing?

We have no control over fate and history, but we can control how we conduct ourselves in this life.

That's really what the mall is all about: money. At the mall the rule is: Credito, ergo sum - I shop, therefore I am.

We are all the same in that we all want to be different.

Whining is a form of manipulation. People will give anything to make you shut up.

We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it.

My Macbook is my new boyfriend, except that he's dependable and meets all my demands.

You can not make someone love you. You can not be thin enough or white enough or famous enough. The choice is entirely the other person's. Then again, you might try hypnosis.

Yes, it's true that you can't learn everything from books. But you do learn something about everything.

It had been so long since she’d given herself permission to just feel without thinking, to act without discussing the consequences. And yeah, there would be consequences, she had no doubt.

Adam and Eve had many advantages but the principal one was that they escaped teething.

By staying neutral, I end up being somebody that everybody can trust. Even if they don't always agree with my decisions, they know I'm not working against them.

Our party remains as firm as this rock and will not be divided by any force in Germany.

Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.

Almost always, when I'm on TV, the producers who call me, who negotiate what we're going to say, is a woman.

God's love causes the beauty of what He loves, our love is caused by the beauty of what we love.

Who is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with his execrable daubs?

Modernism is about space. Postmodernism is about communication. You should do what turns you on.

Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.