The transformation of object-libido into narcissistic libido which thus takes place obviously implies an abandonment of sexual aims, a desexualization - a kind of sublimation, therefore.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.

We choose not randomly each other. We meet only those who already exists in our subconscious.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?'

In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

We are what we are because we have been what we have been.

I prefer the company of animals more than the company of humans. Certainly, a wild animal is cruel. But to be merciless is the privilege of civilized humans.

If Christ taught us anything it is this -- not to let our fear of death keep us from doing the good thing.

People often reveal their innermost selves in the most innocent of situations.

We have a thousand possible, but only one is the target. (Nous avons mille possibles, - Mais un seul est la cible)

We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors.

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

My heart spasmed among the peonies like a trout.

It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that all evolution is coevolution: every organism is evolving in tandem with the organisms around it.

No one should be afraid to be themselves.

The only mothers it is safe to forget on Mother's Day are the good ones.

Love, Allie concluded, wasn't blind, it simply saw alternate dimensions.