We all have names we don't know about.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything.

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . .

Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.

How would your life be different if…You pretended those around you were deaf to your words? Let today be the day…You let your actions speak and communicate your feelings and intentions.

Don’t just fit in

A bossy woman is someone to search out and celebrate. A bossy woman is someone who cares and commits and is a natural leader.

...the problem with words is that once spoken, they cannot find their way back to the speaker alone.

What is important is to win.

When love exists, nothing else matters, not life’s predicaments, not the fury of the years, not a physical winding down or scarcity of opportunity.

My problem is how to find the best way of being useful.

Ain't that a shame how they f-ck up ya name.

No kind of sensation is keener and more active than that of pain its impressions are unmistakable.

My mother is going to have to stop lying about her age because pretty soon I'm going to be older than she is.