It is so easy for a woman to become what the man she loves believes her to be

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

Stop searching the world for treasure, the real treasure is in yourself.

But this was not quite the right kraken apocalypse.

Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models.

Stay small and control it yourself.

Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.

Well, I think that it's clear that the Republican Party is a pro-life party. And we do value life. And we do believe that the unborn have a right to life.

Do you want me to answer that?

[The poets' role is that of] capturing on their instruments the secret stir of life in the air and giving it voice in the music of prophecy

...[Cabeza de Vaca] ceased to be lost not by returning but by turning into something else.

The last thinkg I want to do is spend the rest of my life pretending to be 17 or 27. Now it's pretty interesting to me to see what can be said in the point of view of where I am now.