Sometimes I wish I could just fall in love. Then, at least you know who your opponent is.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

You know, happiness isn't a permanent state. Neither is unhappiness. There's a flow, back and forth

Wisdom is disguised inside the face of ‪failure”‬

Love of justice is for most men only the courage to suffer injustice.

In the space of his years, my body had taken its full shape and my heart had grown in wisdom, for I understood what it was to be a mother.

The heart has reasons which reason cannot understand.

Sometimes you have to fight with music.

If you were to write your life motto, what would it say? Look out for number one? Or look out for the needs of others?

It’s less the words they say than those they leave unsaid that split old friends apart.

External reality is sort of an affectation of the nervous system.

Promise to wear a cheerful appearance at all times and give every person you meet a smile.