Try to be someone upon whom nothing is lost!

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

The secret to success is constancy of purpose.

Christmas is the spirit of love, peace and goodwill to all Humankind. It is within the reach of every heart and hand.

Prayer define the sacred beauties of life.

People say don't stare. Through the photos, not only do I stare, but I allow viewers to stare at the subject, to see things that they cannot see with a casual glance.

I would love to work with Sir Anthony Hopkins. How and why that would happen in a comedy I'm not sure - why he would be dragged over to my side, or I'd be be dragged over to his side.

The crime part is the engine that moves the narrative and allows me to write the other things I want to write about.

I wish to show those who deny us Patriotism that we know how to die for our country and convictions.

I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.

Every one of my books had killed me a little more.

If you don't try to fly and so break yourself apart, you will be broken open by death, when it's too late for all you could become.