Sometimes you have to show them what they want to see in order to get them to show you who they really are.

...no woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.

Discomfort is always a necessary part of enlightenment.

...freedom can be a full-time job if you let it.

you can't know the meaning of the lesson until class is over!

When you're young, there's a whole lot of stuff you say you'll never do. Once you get a little older, the list tends to get shorter.

Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music.

Feminism is to sexism what black nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem.

the problem with knowing is that it takes away the possibility of pretending!

old habits are hard to break, but not impossible!

Vera Stark is a fabulous force of nature.

Interpreting dreams for Iranians was just as much a sacrament as reading coffee cups was for Turks

We hated each other so well and loved each other so badly...

...what is the meaning of La Belle Dame Sans Merci? - have you never been enthralled? enchantment that is unrequited desolates the soul...

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

I got to focus on my performance - learning how to perform is something I've been working on both personally and professionally.

I have been so deeply, profoundly lucky to have friends in my life that have always just loved me exactly as I am no matter what time period I'm in.

From a real antagonist one gains boundless courage.

I rarely meddled in the cat's personal affairs and she rarely meddled in mine. Neither of us was foolish enough to attribute human emotions to our pets.

The most important sentence in a good book is the first one; it will contain the organic seed from which all that follows will grow.

You need this sort of a tailwind to make a startup successful.