Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon a forlorn strand, I happened on a trail of recent footprints.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

Though Queen Victoria in England had suggested that makeup was impolite, even vanity, Gideon saw it as yet another weapon. It was not so different from magic.

Every woman is beautiful. Every woman is amazing because every woman’s heart is filled with the motherly instinct of unconditional love.

But I think that parents who criticise their children too much are in fact better than parents who praise their children too much.

To parents who despair because their children are unable to master the first problems in arithmetic I can dedicate my examples. For, in arithmetic, until the seventh grade I was last or nearly last.

I felt unworthy to play Jesus. I just accepted the responsibility and said, 'What actor wouldn't want to play this role?'

What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script that would force me to grow, or work with a really great actor who will make me better.

I just always expect the best because I'm a competitor and if I'm competing, then obviously I'm trying to be better in everything.

Whatever enjoyment I might have had at the time would disappear overnight like snow melting on a warm roof.

With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in your heart.

You probably shouldn't laugh any more.