A philosopher is a person who doesn't care which side his bread is buttered on; he knows he eats both sides anyway.

The best proof of love is trust.

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.

There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.

Trust your hunches... Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn't get my mind around it at all.

When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

She once again thought about how badly she wanted to crawl back beneath the mound of already cooling blankets that covered her bed like an inviting nest.

I've always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together.

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square.

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose.

I'm able to leave Don Draper at work. I'm quite dissimilar from him in real life

I guess I find the boundaries between poetry and prose to be somewhat permeable.

Every thing in this world, said my father, is big with jest,--and has wit in it, and instruction too,--if we can but find it out.

Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them

He tipped her head up. "Don't give up. Don't leave me before you're even here.

Without God, democracy cannot and will not long endure.