Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.

Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.

An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.

He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.

Women love only those whom they do not know!

We almost always forgive those we understand.

What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple - without a divinity!

I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectatorOf my triumph or my doom.

In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.

If only people thought a little more about it, they would see that life is not worrying about so much.

Summer cooking implies a sense of immediacy, a capacity to capture the essence of the fleeting moment.

You can turn your back but you can never really walk away.

Readers know what the copy is going to say.

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

Imagine there was a cure, but finding it would cost you everything. It would completely ruin your life. What would you do?

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

I have no regrets about my career or retiring. Not once have I thought 'Gosh, I wish I was back on the court.

I don't know how exactly but I'm maybe perverse in the sense that I like being disappointed in something on a daily basis. Because it means that I'm still not jaded.

Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.