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

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.

If proportion is the good breeding of architecture, symmetry, or the answering of one part to another, may be defined as the sanity of decoration.

Serena had to cross her legs: in moments of dire amusement her bladder tended to play tricks.

Private-equity and hedge-fund guys typically come into a situation of mediocrity, where rapid change may result in a profit.

Very well," Magnus said. "Let us pause for a moment and consider—Oh, you have already run off Splendid.

Words are like weapons; they wound sometimes.

You are going to survive. And good things are going to start to happen again. And one day you are going to look back and this will not even be such a bad thing

We are staying in basic accommodation but it doesn't matter to me, it's all about the experience.

I am certainly not the most talented player in the world; there's many a more talented player than me.

Track and field, because it was something I could do by myself, one-on-one, me against everybody else.

I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale.

The successful investor is usually an individual who is inherently interested in business problems.