you may imagine me the very shadow of my husband.

It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.

I would rather fight with my hands than my tongue.

Our private property must be sacrificed.

And now, dear sister, I must leave this house or the retreating army will make me a prisoner in it by filling up the road I am directed to take.

Two messengers covered with dust come to bid me fly, but I wait for him.

It is done... the precious portrait placed in the hands of the gentlemen for safe keeping.

At this late hour a wagon has been procured, and I have had it filled with plate and the most valuable portable articles, belonging to the house.

Disaffection stalks around us.

When I shall again write to you, or where I shall be tomorrow, I cannot tell.

There is peace in knowing that whatever one thinks it is not the truth.

I don't make romantic films. I make films about human relationships.

From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have to be stupid to marry the wrong man.

Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge.

A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.

To be great in our times too often means to have great prosperity and no moral magnanimity at all.

Quentin Tarantino faced the same backlash when his films came out until eventually people felt they were actually much smarter.

[Donald Trump] said that even though he wants to repeal and replace ObamaCare, he might want to preserve some parts.

A smile is so sexy, yet so warm. When someone genuinely smiles at you, it's the greatest feeling in the world.

False beliefs can be every bit as consoling as true ones, right up until the moment of disillusionment.