Love. It was the beginning and end of everything, the foundation and the ceiling and the air in between.

Some women nodded, others shook their heads. I would have killed myself before I let one of them move into my house. Would you Helen? Would you really?

I am a mother and mothers don’t have the luxury of falling apart in front of their children, even when they are afraid, even when their children are adults.

It is nearly impossible.''Nearly impossible and impossible are not the same thing.

I just want to keep you safe.I smile. Americans can be so naive.

it’s better to be bold than meek.If you jump off a cliff at least you’llfly before you fall

Magic to be its best must be unexpected.

Was Vianne really supposed to let Sophie starve to prove her loyalty to France?

... allow me to be an old man for a moment and to remind a young girl who is used to being impulsive that there can be none of that anymore.

We are outside again, walking, when he takes a bite and stops dead. "Wow, " he says after a minute. Then, "Wow, " again.I smile. Everyone remembers their first taste of Paris. This will be his.

Sleep not under a willow tree for she weeps many tears.

Spring can still be felteven if you lay under the bedFrozen heart can meltin coldness when wintry love misled

You are here having realized the necessity of contending with yourself

Burnout…occurs because we’re trying to solve the same problem over and over.

There is no honour in battle, Dogalas. Men killing men.....no honour. Honour is doing a noble deed and living to tell about it." He glanced over at him. "Remember that.

One holds a bottle of red wine by the neck, a woman by the waist, and a bottle of champagne by the derriere.

Every time I leave the house or we go anywhere, there is a paranoia. We always have to watch for specific cars and specific signs that we're being photographed.

Those which might have some depth are corny enough to be hokey, and almost hokey enough to be folky, since folky is already so hokey anyhow.

Compassionate conservative. I don't know what that is, it sounds like a Volvo with a gun rack.

I have a greater goal - to empower young people through music education.