Participating in Society in not a thing one can do naturally; one has to rehearse for it.

A single day spent doing things which fail to nourish the soul is a day stolen, mutilated, and discarded in the gutter of destiny.

Reassurance is such a sad, mad thing. Deep inside, everyone knows the truth.

The world changes too fast. You take your eyes off something that's always been there, and the next minute it's just a memory.

Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment.

Most distracting of all, though, was not the threat of danger but the allure of beauty.

Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them.

I am a fallen woman, but I assure you: I did not fall. I was pushed.

History indulges strange whims in the way it dresses its women.

Nowadays, her life is more like a newspaper: aimless, up-to-date and full of meaningless events

Proof, once again, that reality was not objective, but always waiting to be reshaped and redefined by one's attitude.

Be Visionary ...

When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years.

Looking beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.

A picture story just doesn't run like a film. It doesn't have 24 frames per second. It doesn't deal with this illusion of movement.

When I need to relax, I love to go to the movies or watch a good TV series. I also practice a lot of sport, mostly tennis and swimming.

An appearance of delicacy, and even fragility, is almost essential to beauty.

Dogs have fleas; people have each other. We are born to die. Life is a continuing tragic comedy. Everything and everyone we love suffers. Anybody who doesn't see that has not grown up and known life.

The first glance from the eyes of the beloved is like the spirit that moved upon the face of the waters, giving birth to heaven and earth.

If you're in a card game and you can't figure out who the patsy is, you're it.