The people who dream are very often the people who see, and dreaming and seeing precede doing.

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.

Spring is beautiful, and summer is perfect for vacations, but autumn brings a longing to get away from the unreal things of life, out into the forest at night with a campfire and the rustling leaves.

Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love.

No one should teach who is not in love with teaching.

Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom.

Kindness is the truest wisdom of life and we cannot go far without it.

I thank you, God, in Heaven, for friends.

At Christmas-tide the open hand Scatters its bounty o'er sea and land, And none are left to grieve alone, For Love is heaven and claims its own.

... Love is heaven and claims its own.

In very truth it is the unattained which gives zest to the commonplace and brims the cup of our daily life with keenest joy.

That's my secret and my shame. I'm Nona Grey, war is in my veins, and the screams of my enemies are music to me.

Reading enables me to maintain a sense of something substantive– my ethical integrity, my intellectual integrity.

My mother is quite the character. You'd hate her. Sometimes I think I hate her too, but mainly I feel sorry for her. Which is kind of worse.

Take care of your inner, spiritual beauty. That will reflect in your face.

I love when I am outside my comfort zone.

My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling.

I had to work out where I was going, what type of films I wanted to make. For that reason, I decided to choose independent productions, less important roles, and I tried theater, too.

No place is ever the same tomorrow.

We are surrounded by worn-out, banal, useless and exhausted images, limping and dragging themselves behind the rest of our cultural evolution.