She wanted, passionately and persistently, two things which she believed should subsist together in any well-ordered life: amusement and respectability.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

In real life, love and hate are often only separable if we’re willing to recognize our demons and choose to become better people.

Zimbabweans are so smart and witty and able to weave together tons of situations and experiences into terminologies that are just utterly original.

March is outside the door Flaming some old desire As man turns uneasily from his fire.

And oh I want so much to sing, I tell myself no. But it is so hard to keep from singing.

If you are in Holland, be careful not to say tomorrow that you don't like French, German or Swedish food or people, you could be called a racist.

Most people would assume, as I do, that the courtroom is a place for the truth, but it's not with our corrupt judges today - and I'm talking about the corrupt ones on the court of appeals.

Even in our best shape we are a brittle piece of mortality. Your life is a breath, don't waste it.

I thought I was so ugly for so long, and I wasted so much of my life on this dumb notion.

I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.

After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.