Michelle had great admiration for criminals and crime, though only from a distance.

It smelled of oily flowers, like the worn pillowcases of long-ago lovers.

How many lovers did a person need, anyway?

Michelle felt that if people didn’t like the way they looked in her book then they should have behaved differently.

You can’t get lost if you have nowhere to be.

You can’t let the apocalypse rule your life.

Love turns work into rest.

The critic is the duenna in the passionate affair between playwrights actors and audiences - a figure dreaded and occasionally comic but never welcome never loved.

Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.

Negative feelings can either lead to sinking into oneself and disappearing, or they can make you angry and want to prove that you're worthy to be in the conversation.

An artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.

For the ego to survive, it must make time - past and future - more important than the present moment.

Civilization is nothing else but the attempt to reduce force to being the last resort.

True love, is the love that seduces and will never allow itself to be seduced.

Love is an overarching style of relating to another.

Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.