People like my grandmother, who have no home but in memory, learn to be very skilled in the art of recollection.

Nobody knows, nobody can ever know, not even in memory, because there are moments in time that are not knowable.

I could not persuade her that a place does not merely exist, that it has to be invented in one's imagination.

I was already well schooled in looking away, the jungle-craft of gentility.

That unthinkable, adult truth: that need is not transitive, that one may need without oneself being needed.

Need is not transitive, one may need without oneself being needed.

Without delayed gratification, there is no perseverance.

We feel that this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown.

A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second.

The best, very best scammers will always ask for your advice. This is their favorite technique. It makes them vulnerable. It flatters your ego.

[I want to build] the biggest apparel company in human history.

For me, acting is doing.

When everyone recognizes Jehovah's name, then everyone will be happy because everyone will know what to do and how to do it.

I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them.

The intent of sincere humanitarians is to do good to society, just as the intent of the child who kills a bird by to much fondling is to do good to the bird.

As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.