My Macbook is my new boyfriend, except that he's dependable and meets all my demands.

That's the thing about a great book. Every time you read it, it's different, because you're different. You've changed since the last time you picked it up, things have happened to you.

Why should I bring happiness to those I loathe by obliterating myself, when I can make them miserable just by existing?

We have no control over fate and history, but we can control how we conduct ourselves in this life.

That's really what the mall is all about: money. At the mall the rule is: Credito, ergo sum - I shop, therefore I am.

We are all the same in that we all want to be different.

Whining is a form of manipulation. People will give anything to make you shut up.

We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it.

In relationships it is best to assume nothing.

You can not make someone love you. You can not be thin enough or white enough or famous enough. The choice is entirely the other person's. Then again, you might try hypnosis.

Yes, it's true that you can't learn everything from books. But you do learn something about everything.

There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

Knowing someone desires you is the greatest aphrodisiac

Film for me became how I related to everything else.

When you buy a piece of vintage clothing you're not just buying the fabric and thread - you're buying a piece of someone's past

The best thing that you can do to this world is to be joyous. Being joyful, is the greatest offering you can make to the world.

I don't want to sound too mystical or weird but it's important to know what garlic smells like when it's cooking, or what eggs look like when they're cracked out of a shell.

It is easier to reach our potential when we learn the value of including others in our quest.

Without my mentors there is no Misty.

For all their talk about the virtues of democracy, many incumbent politicians really don't like it when voters have a voice-not if that voice is effective.

Mujib [Rahman], as you've seen, is a congenital liar. He can't help telling lies - it's something stronger than he.