Writing is like paying myself a formal visit.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

The truth is, until you know any different, the island is enough.Actually, I know different. And it's still enough.

The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them - and for my daughters, too.

We have now gone beyond 100 in number, and the desire to join seems rather to increase, though it was thought the foundations would retard it, it seems quite otherwise.

But what those critics don't know is that these same assets that excite me in the chase often, once they are acquired, leave me bored.

We have to have a purpose greater than the endless struggle to satisfy personal desires.

The only thing worried thoughts have the power to change is what the next thing will be for you to worry over!

I wish the children could be taught early on that our thinking creates our experience.

I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.

Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.

You can do anything to my food and I'll still eat it.