Little as she was addicted to solitude, there had come to be moments when it seemed a welcome escape from the empty noises of her life.

She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.

Do you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well-you did love me for a moment and it helped me. It has always helped me.

Don't you ever mind, " she asked suddenly, "not being rich enough to buy all the books you want?

Don't they always go from bad to worse? There's no turning back--yourold self rejects you, and shuts you out. ~Lilly Bart

What she craved and really felt herself entitled to was a situation in which the noblest attitude should also be the easiest.

She seemed always to have seen him through a blur - first of sleepiness, then of distance and indifference - and now the fog had thickened till he was almost indistinguishable.

Oh, Gerty, I wasn't meant to be good.

Perhaps I might have resisted a great temptation, but the little ones would have pulled me down

We are expected to be pretty and well-dressed until we drop.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls anything a trifle.

The whole system of society tells you what to do.

Nonrenewable resources should be exploited, but at a rate equal to the creation of renewable substitutes.

The sense of belonging is one of the great gifts men get in battle.

Evil is the voltage of good; the urge to goodness, without the potential of evil, is trivial.

Israel is the American watchdog in the Middle East, and that's why the Palestinians remain victims of one of the longest military occupations.

I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me.

Piensa el sentimiento, siente el pensamiento." (roughly translated, "Think about the emotional and feel the intellectual")