It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.

Fate is the malevolent little jester sitting up in the heavens and pondering over how ridiculous we humans are and he does his best to make fools out of all of us. And sooner or later he succeeds.

... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

I think in a moment of weakness, you might surprise yourself.

A well-read woman is a dangerous creature.

I want to fill every part of you, breathe the air from your lungs and leave my handprints on your soul. I want to give you more pleasure than you can bear.

You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.

He was my confidant, the person who was always on my side even when he wasn't taking my side.

Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder on a fire.” ~ Liberty Jones

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

I've always thought it was about finding the right person. But it's about choosing the right person, isn't it?

The word "now" is like a bomb thrown through the window and it ticks.

Architecture is definitely a political act.

I got this second chance at life, and I live it.

I’m not interested in meeting management today… I’m more interested in finding out how a person has behaved in the past.

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself.

I know what you want. It is very stupid of you, but you shall have your way, and it will bring you to sorrow, my pretty princess. - The sea witch.

What is your greatest ambition in life?' 'To become immortal... and then die.

Vitamin C is a very effective immune booster and probably the safest first line of defense for infection.

I really hope that all librarians aren't like Gladys Morgan. Because I'd really like , at some point, to walk into a library and not be afraid for my life.

Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place.