It's just the biggest mistake I could think to make

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

We're three women from two different centuries, trying to save the world from oblivion. I don't know about you, but that's way above my pay grade.

Not the measure of words is necessary, but their meaning.

You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience.

I had a job at this French restaurant, and I hated it. I don't like serving; I don't like getting people ketchup.

You are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.

A painter with prestige among painters is bound to be discovered sooner or later.

Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I.

successful parenting was like log rolling, and she'd often landed in the drink.

Belief in limits creates limited people

The world is kept alive only by heretics.