We've lost our sense of ethics; we live in a world of small-mindedness, of gratification without happiness and actions without meaning.

There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain.

Aphrodite is about lust and gluttony - the only two sins worth committing, in my opinion.

You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.

For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.

I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by giving them to others.

Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.

There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always.

We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.

Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.

And in a way I have always thought that words are alive a little, for they can whisper sweet nothings and roar dragon flame with equal efficiency.

For things to be right on the outside, they first have to be right on the inside.

There are so many songs in my heart and in my brain. I wake up at 2 in the morning, and I have to get up and sing them. There are so many of them, it's ridiculous.

I've learned that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

Everything we design and make is an improvisation, a lash-up, something inept and provisional.

Many a maiden, With white feet glancing light as air, Made happy music through the gloom.

He who is silent and bows his head dies every time he does so. He who speaks aloud and walks with his head held high dies only once.

Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell.

There is one universal truth: All women, all over the world, want to look beautiful. That is always the theme of my designs.