There was a certain feminine satisfaction in having the last word, delivering her line smartly, and breaking the connection between them quickly and decisively.

Life gives us choices. You either grab on with both hands and just go for it, or you sit on the sidelines.

She was temptation wrapped in casual elegance.

The trouble is not really in being alone, it's being lonely. One can be lonely in the midst of a crowd, don't you think?

And maybe that was love. Being so vulnerable and allowing someone else in so far they could hurt you, but they also give you everything.

We never can just stop time. Or take moments back. Life doesn't work that way, does it?

I made the decision fifteen years ago that you were my life. My everything. You were with me in my dreams my dark lover my friend and confidant.

She didn't know how to love, to give herself to someone, to out herself in someone else's keeping and take him into hers. She didn't trust anyone with her heart - or the darker places of her soul.

It's all well and good to look back after the fact and see what we should have done, but we rarely know what path is best when we take that first step.

Betrayal is never easy to handle and there is no right way to accept it.

If what he said was the truth, it broke her heart. If what he said was a lie, it was broken anyway.

If there were something that Mother Nature or God could do with money, She or He would have sold immortality to the rich a long time ago.

The idea is to make the ingredients sing, not a grand opera, but a jolly chanson.

The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer.

What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.

We are witnessing the death of abundance and the borning of austerity, for what may be a long, long time.

I'm a pessimist about probabilities, I'm an optimist about possibilities.

If I'm enjoying myself, I find my opportunities for more fun become greater.

Also, I sort of let my appearance go, to the point where I was maybe ten to seventy pounds overweight.

Unless you really understand others, you can hardly attain your own self-understanding.

All the new people you meet, it's pretty amazing. The vampire needs new blood. And there is still a lot to learn and there is always great stuff out there. Even mistakes can be wonderful.