Nature seems to welcome defiance of conventions, and to say, with a smile, 'So, the truant has come back again!' ("Absolute Evil")

Children, brought up naturally and in freedom, not only have imagination, but live in a world of imagination more real to them than our reality. ("Absolute Evil")

States of the atmosphere pass into us as water through the meshes of a sieve, and storms occur in us before they break upon the world without, creating restless sensations. ("Absolute Evil")

What an incomparable creature is the sea! ("Absolute Evil")

I do not believe in decent women who do not know how to play the piano.

Decision-making is a skill. Wisdom is a leadership trait.

God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through your lips.

Each crisis is different, has its own specificities, and we need to look at it critically; look at each one in its own terms.

I'd wanted to be an actress my whole life, that was my goal, that was all I cared about.

Never give up the ganja.

Umberto Eco is the owner of a large personal library of almost 30,000 books that he has not read. [To him] read books are far less valuable than unread ones.

My favorite part of theatre is that I get paid for it!

The fewer desires, the more peace.