Will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now?

But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost.

Men are simpler than you imagine my sweet child. But what goes on in the twisted, tortuous minds of women would baffle anyone.

I wish I was a woman of about thirty-six dressed in black satin with a string of pearls.

Women want love to be a novel, men a short story.

A dreamer, I walked enchanted, and nothing held me back.

Life was a series of greetings and farewells, one was always saying good-bye to something, to someone.

I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say.

The point is, life has to be endured, and lived. But how to live it is the problem.

A wish is a single unit of hope. It’s a single request for something I dearly desire.

Doubts in your mind are a much greater roadblock to success than obstacles on the journey.

It's a date, not a duty

To wait for someone else or to expect someone else to make my life richer or fuller or more satisfying puts me in a constant state of suspension.

Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness.

We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family.

What happens when people open their hearts?"... "They get better.

I do have to say I have been very fortunate.

My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.

I lost myself to music at a very early age, and I remained there.