Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death.

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

Women are most adorable when they are afraid; that's why they frighten so easily.

The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are.

Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.

You are not loved when you are lovely, but when you are loved you are found to be lovely.

Because I was born a slave, I love liberty more than you.

Only the suppressed word is dangerous.

History teaches us virtue, but nature never ceases to teachh us vice.

If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, which alone can give flavor, then hate what should be hated: falsehood, violence, selfishness.

The difference between Liberty and liberties is as great as God and gods.

She said that her job as a writer of fiction was to report on the human condition, to tel us who we are and what we think and what we do.

There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.

I hate being away, but I understand that for me, that's where the work, the stories are.

There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

What happen to the pirates we are supposed to see? Then we go down the chutes, and it's where the pirates were. But they're all gone. There is nothing but skeletons down here!

A satisfactory translation is not always possible, but a good translator is never satisfied with it. It can usually be improved. (Newmark)

If this is how you’re going to react, I’ll freak out more often.

In a broken marriage, it can be challenging and tough to get that work/life balance. I love performing but I also love being a mum, and I hate having to choose between them.

I'm ready to do something different.