There are few things more powerful than a name. A single phrase that somehow becomes a symbol for an entire existence.

Fire can destroy or purify, strengthen or weaken, all depending on the nature of the material being burned. Pain has the same effects on the human soul, and for the same reasons.

I have never seen genius without a touch of madness... and vice versa.

Great language and great literature do not survive long without each other

Man is slow because he hesitates

I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.

Cowards are always much more dangerous than heroes.

Products shouldn’t just work well, they must unfold well.

Simplistic ideas are the weapons with which the thoughtful are clubbed.

Investing in women's lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations - and consequently in our own long-term national interests.

I've never dealt with the Russian government, I've never had a relationship with the Russian government.

When you get over 95, every day is your day.

Winning is a way of expressing yourself.

No matter how low you go, there's always an unexplored basement.

How can the child learn to be a free and responsible citizen when the teacher is bound?

I have a huge music library and deliberately choose the piece of music to match the piece I'm writing. So, every book I write has its own "soundtrack."

Much as we deplore our condition in life, nothing would make us more satisfied with it than the changing of places, for a few days, with our neighbors.