...She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.

Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem - (Latin - written 19 BC)The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all...

Ah, merciless Love, is there any length to which you cannot force the human heart to go?

Death's brother, sleep.

What a tale he's told, what a bitter bowl of war he's drunk to the dregs.

..and why the winter suns so rush to bathe themselves in the seaand what slows down the nights to a long lingering crawl...

Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.

I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.

The most helpless person is the one who is helpless in reforming himself.

The automatic things you do are basically those things that keep you from doing the better things you need to do.

Personally, especially as a young black woman, I didn't think that Los Angeles was a place for me to start. There's a certain type that they go for or don't.

I think one of the dullest things in the world is a letter filled with apologies for not writing sooner.

The idea comes to me from outside of me - and is like a gift. I then take the idea and make it my own - that is where the skill lies.

Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue.

Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.

Experiment is actually doing the art. That's the experiment and then you get to experience the experiment.