Perfume is magic. It's mystery. We recreate the smell of a flower. Of wood. Of grass. We capture the essence of life. Liquefy it. We store memories. We make dreams.

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.

Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.

When we serve the poor and the sick we serve Jesus. We must not fail to help our neighbors, because in them we serve Jesus.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

All the days that you wake up you have one job and that's to get better, every single day.

Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of Grace. The gift of Grace increases as the struggle increases.

We are made up of two contrasting ideals: Love And Fear. Pick One and Live.

Life sucks, but in a beautiful kind of way.

I'm not God but if I were God, ¾ of you would be girls, and the rest would be pizza and beer.

It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.

In the end, everything is a gag.

Jealousy stings, envy poisons, anger harms, and hate murders.

You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest.

I was enjoying myself now. I had taken two finger bowls of champagne and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental and profound.

Only a man who is ashamed of what he is will marry out of his race.

There are no other Everglades in the world.

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

Deny my individuality and I become an animal, mute, a mere creature of all the forces that act upon me.

Think like an artist. Dress like an insurance salesman.

Everybody else is afraid to fail. I do not really care because when I fail, I try something new.