Nobody ever loved anybody like everybody wants to be loved.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.

They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.

Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.

You got one life, one chance, don't screw up. Put your fears behind your determination. Take the first step. Go for it my friend.

Always remember, that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

If I had to describe my sense of humor, I would say it's contemporary wit, you know what I'm saying?

Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.

no subject of study is more important than reading…all other intellectual powers depend on it.

Ironically, this physically weak feeling signifies that I'm actually getting stronger. I know from my past that I will ultimately feel strong if I just sit with the feeling and experience it.

Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.

Even disasters -- there are always disasters when you travel -- can be turned into adventures.

The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.

I liked Berkeley tremendously, Berkeley was a very leftist campus. I came to love that city as much as I love Paris or the south of France or New York.