that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny)

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

When your madness is creative and necessary, people will not notice the fact that you are crazy.

Without passion, all the skill in world won't lift you above your craft

The art of art the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters is simplicity: nothing is better than simplicity.

It's hard to see things when you're too close. Take a step back and look.

Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.

Accommodation to change, the thoughtful pursuit of alternative futures are keys to the survival of civilization and perhaps of the human species.

I really believe it's the moments we can't talk about that become the rest of our lives. It's the moments we can't process by telling a story that destroy us in the end.

We need to continue to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet can't support many more people.

Take your vitamins. Don't drink vodka. Get used to empire waistlines.

I was never an actor. I had done one or two random projects in my advertising career.