A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

If a girl thinks she isn't beautiful, I'm here to prove her wrong.

For happiness, love is your only choice.

A first kiss in the book stacks. Now that was romantic.

(I didn’t tell him that thediagnosis came three months after I got my first period. Like: Congratulations! You’re a woman. Now die.)

Thank God I found the GOOD in goodbye

You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here in Western Europe. And in that stage it is better to encourage the fighters than the rulers.

Damita Jo. Jo. That's my middle name. It's let in about the different characters that live within me. They say we have 200 characters that we portray with different people.

What was true then and what is true now is that we create technology so others can create more technology.

Sometimes poor behavior is simply bad execution of good intent.

I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.