The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep.

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens along Main Street were filled with sugary pink peonies and Dutch tulips.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.

This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

The evening had turned sweet and blue.

Be persistent and diligent in the way you spend your time daily

One of the greatest tools you cannot do without is the media. These various means for mass communication and those involved in them must be your partners and not your enemies

Yoga is the best tool for international peace, health, harmony and human dignity.

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him.

In fiction the story lives the more everyone comes to life, the more each character seems to exist in his or her own right.

If you rise in life, you have to behave in a certain way. You can go to a strip club if you're a beer-swilling sand shoveler, but if you're the Bishop of Boston, you shouldn't go.

There should be more booing in shops and restaurants and places like that when when the service is bad. If you've had a poor breakfast in a hotel, you should put your knife and fork down and boo.

We have a bow and arrow and if we aim well, we can hit the target. The problem is that Bayern has a bazooka. The probability that they will hit the target is clearly higher.

Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.

Hold no grudges and practice forgiveness. This is the key to having peace in all your relationships.