Your heart is yours to give, it is no ones to take. Not a queen. Not a prince. No one.

Now I was falling faster than a comet plummeting to the earth, just waiting to create a giant explosion. Just like a comet, I had no idea exactly how much damage I would leave in my wake.

Boredom is not far from bliss: it is bliss seen from the shores of pleasure.

I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is. Which Zen guy said "If you want to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water"?

While it is important on the one hand that laxness in dealing with sin be avoided, it is equally important on the other to shun harsh judgment and groundless suspicion.

Everyone moves for reason. You need a reason to leave everything behind.

Any painful experience makes you see things differently. It also reminds you of the simple truths that we purposely forget every day or else we would never get out of bed.

I think I have the best of both worlds because I am a woman, but I'm also a tomboy.

But we may go further, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends; without which the world is but a wilderness.

The fundamental law of truth is that it penetrates through all darkness.

Begin with duties of a man and rights will follow as spring follows winter

Banking, I would argue, is the most heavily regulated industry in the world. Regulations don't solve things. Supervision solves things.