On its own, having escaped my grasp, the spool I had loosed was unwinding.

A history of literature, unlike history as such, ought to list only victories, for its defeats are no victory for anyone.

Floating high on the waters of catastrophe

And what can still delight an inert stone except to become, once more, the bed of a raging torrent?

...a redoubtable alchemy was at work behind impenetrable veils as the forest prepared its nocturnal mysteries.

My mother never said to lose weight. Diets were never a big deal. My mom was always beautiful and voluptuous and curvy, and I always thought she was gorgeous.

ETHNOLOGY, n. The science that treats of the various tribes of Man, as robbers, thieves, swindlers, dunces, lunatics, idiots and ethnologists.

I try not to take myself too seriously. I like to have a good time.

When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.

All of us our but his instruments who do our part and pass by.

I believe in a free society, where aspiration and effort can make the difference in every life. Where your starting point is not your destiny and where your first chance is not your only chance.

You stand in front of a great painting and your heart just opens and your mind expands about what's possible. That, to me, is a connection to what God is.

Fasting is the first principle of medicine.

Humankind's ladder to God is a ladder of deeds.

Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent player.