It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

It's not so much about what the morning brings

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.

Whilst personal effectiveness focuses more on your personal development goals as you become the best practitioner in your area of specialty

At night we cry sometimes, and if you think that just applies to the females then you have never been in combat, because everyone cries sooner or later. Everyone cries.

You cannot truly say you live well unless you eat well.

and that, in the end, the most interesting people always leave.

I may be loaded. I may be drunk. But I ain't stupid.

I am regarded as a usurper, as an imposter and dilettante, because I do technically come from the wrong side of the tracks in musical terms.

Lisa's baby was due about now. I've decided she had it and it was a girl. I've named her Rachel.

All of life in its complexity and beauty is forever minted in the gold of words.