Loving someone is a loss of freedom - but one doesn't think of it as loss because one gains so much else.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon I cried

I foresee a great funeral contest over me.

The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not in the bodies of their men.

I had always been taught that life was the other way around -- that you had to make sure you got what was coming to you . . .

Dedicating time when I really can't afford to be I'll provide protection if you open up the door for me

Sports ideally teach discipline and commitment. They challenge you and build character for everything you do in life.

Shutting down governments on your computer is just as much as fun as going to a riot at Yale.

No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.

A question like “do you love me?” was an itch our doctors told us not to scratch.

I think the Yamaha has a giant quality. When you combine the Yamaha with other organs, you get this crazy rectangular sound. It's kind of flat and thick.