Because they have been in love they have survived everything that life could throw at them, even their own failures.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

Motherhood is a predicament. How to live fully inside of it with any grace?

Salvation is the creation of new desires, not just new goodies.

People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.

Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

Space and time are figments of you're imagination, unless the guy you're flying next to won't shut up.

Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.

I'm tired of seeing great women in bullshit relationships.

But he whose inborn worth his acts commend, Of gentle soul, to human race a friend.

People like to complain about the state of contemporary literature, but I can only assume they don't read it very widely.

We’re going to be as loyal to our fans as they are to us.