Being happy or unhappy - is that really the most important thing? Knowing the truth would be a different kind of happiness - a more satisfying kind, I think, even if it turned out to be a sad kind.

Anyone who needs more than one suitcase is a tourist, not a traveler

I finally did work out a very good relationship with my father, but it was rough growing up. We had a lot of conflict, and I think it surfaced in many of my works.

I didn't send back any of the royalty checks.

Before that I wanted to be a magazine illustrator - I probably would have painted Gothic scenes.

You're not going to get any true confessions out of me," she said. "I'm a Leo, and our thing is changing the subject.

What we are probably given is a mixture of truth and untruth. It's anybody's guess as to which part is which and how much there is of each.

If you try to do that which is not ‘our’ duty [the Self’s duty], it will create interference.

I was very pleased with your kind letter. Until now I never dreamed of being something like a hero. But since you've given me the nomination I feel that I am one.

Pure unadulterated success is not as funny as failure.

I. Don't trace out your profile-- forget your side view-- all that is outer stuff. II. Look for your other half who walks always next to you and tends to be who you aren't.

The ideas of ancient Greece helped inspire America's founding fathers as they reached for democracy. Our revolutionary ideas helped inspire Greeks as they sought their own freedom.

A sarcastic blond genie with a bad attitude. -Clary, pg.243-

Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!

Surrendering only refers to this moment, whatever "is" at this moment - to accept unconditionally and fully whatever arises at this moment.

I went to a massage parlor, it was self service.

Taiwan is a major economy.