The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

Fire and earth are the most sacred of the natural elements. One must cross their path with caution and respect.

Everybody jokes about that old story about the world only needing five computers, but when you think about it, that's where we're heading.

Fame has eagle wings, and yet she mounts not so high as man's desires.

I didn't have time for talent shows and stuff like that. I was into books and studying real hard.

Five hundred words a day is what I aim for. And I don't go on to the next chapter until I've polished and polished and polished the one I'm working on.

The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.

Honestly, I wasn't that girl in high school who people spread rumors about.

The Jewish community has always taken care of its own.

Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.

I can resist anything but the temptation to make a clever witticism.