The sooner every party breaks up the better.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Always forget to complain, but never forget to appreciate and compliment.

For the truly faithful no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt no miracle is sufficient.

Narrative is the beginning of recovery.

I think Donald Trump understood that there are many millions of people in America, the working middle class, who are really hurting. They are in pain.

When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible.

I love movies, I've always been interested in them, but I wanted to wait for the right time to start acting.

I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are the lot of every writer, no matter where we are in our careers.

[James] Baldwin "was one of greatest intellectuals of his time. He was an important voice, period, not an important black voice."

He who did well in war just earns the right, To begin doing well in peace.

Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.