Jacinta never told Penelope that she loved her. The nurse knew that those who really love, love in silence, with deeds and not with words.

People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.

Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.

Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.

The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.

Books hold no passports. There's only one true literary tradition: the human.

Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.

Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.

People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.

When the wisdom speaks, be quite and listen! When the stupidity speaks, stand up and leave!

Let us recognize that we are all part of each other. We are all human. We are all one.

What we know about who we are comes from stories. It's the agents of our imagination who really shape who we are.

When we pray, it's the Holy Spirit Who makes the divine presence real to our spirits, and then we seem to 'feel close' to a living God. We are spiritually overwhelmed by divine glory.

I just think fashion is about enjoying yourself and being comfortable in your skin and allowing you to be you - all the way live.

People took the word "clean" out of context. My mother had an expression: "clean as a whistle, sharp as a tack." I inherited her originality.

The point isn't to know what you're doing. The point is to have an experience doing something.

He looked like someone with a steerage ticket on the titanic. Somebody who'd be standing in line at Ellis Island. Undiluted and old-blooded. Also cute.

The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.

I don't understand why it has to be either - or - either socialism or democracy. Why can't we combine things to get the best of each system?