Maybe you actually do need to face obstacles with someone to know that they're the one you'd sacrifice for.

Every girl pretends she is a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that.

those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.

Maybe we judge people too much by their looks because it's easier than seeing what's really important.

I love you, I thought. But I didn't say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one - that she won't say it back.

I am a princess. I do not follow fashions--I make them.

People make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don't even notice anymore.

Something with inner beauty will live forever, like the scent of a rose.

Good to know: Doctors can't cure you of being a beast.

What happened to romance? Sappy, soppy longhand love letters.

A beautiful thing is precious no matter the price

When life gives you a lemon, chuck it right back.... and add a few lemons of your own.

History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unnering flows towards her goal. History knows herway. She makes no mistakes.

There is a time when fear is good and ought to remain seated as a guardian of the heart.

Old women even forget how to love their sons. The heart gets worn out, Monsieur.

I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am.

We have been involved in racing for so long, it is astonishing we were not born with hooves.

I think I read too much Arthur Conan Doyle when I was young, and got this idea that a gentleman should know a lot about one thing and plenty about most everything else.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Music will save the world.

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