Sometimes I amaze even myself.

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.

This isn't a watercolor, it's a mural.

It takes someone very special to help you forget someone very special.

Some were brilliant bordering on genius. Others, genius bordering on madness

Love means not ever having to say you're sorry.

Sometimes I ask myself what would I be if Jenny were alive. And then I answer : I would also be alive." - Oliver.

And then I did what I had never done in his presence, much less in his arms. I cried.

Part of being a big winner is the ability to be a big loser. There is no paradox involved. It is a distinctly Harvard thing to be able to turn any defeat into victory

Professors of classics - not even a professor of English - professors of classics, they're something sacred; it's almost like being a priest.

I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons.

When darkness threatens your world, friends can be beams of sunshine if only you'll let them.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The first language that I learned was Italian in Italy in the early and middle-'60s and I had to do that to keep up with the young men who were courting my wife.

Good soldiers are defined by what they can endure, not by what they can inflict.

I like to perform live like we're all just hanging out in my living room. I'm totally casual and informal on stage.

I don't want to be defined as someone's girlfriend.

Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.

I don't think you ever silence critics. They'll be critics in the morning. That's part of the deal.

I love designing dresses and tops.

The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion.