But that was the best time of my life, and only now that it has gone from me forever -- only now do I realize it.

No adultery is bloodless.

Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked to one another that a disaster for one is a disaster for everybody.

Every day silence harvests its victims. Silence is a mortal illness.

I think of a writer as a river: you reflect what passes before you.

Over my real sorrows I never weep.

And we are a people without tears. The things that moved our parents do not move us at all.

My tidiness, and my untidiness, are full of regret and remorse and complex feelings.

We become adolescents when the words that adults exchange with one another become intelligible to us.

I begin to suspect that England is the most melancholy country in the world.

Being moderate with oneself and generous with others; this is what is meant by having a just relationship with money, by being free as far as money is concerned.

Only those who dream with a sense of urgency get to wake up from their dreams.

Victory at all costs victory in spite of all terror victory however long and hard the road may be for without victory there is no survival.

I always tell my staff, "Better is good." I'll take better every time, because better is hard.

Most people were raised to believe they are just as good as the next person. I was always told I was better.

It took a woman to actually do something about the lack of women in creative departments.

American seekers of happiness are in danger of deluding themselves into believing that only one part of the world exists, the part that gladdens their egos.

Let us recognize the beauty and power of true enthusiasm; and whatever we may do to enlighten ourselves and others, guard against checking or chilling a single earnest sentiment.

This is probably one of the most difficult challenges any parent could face - learning to love the other parent enough to make the children first.

You know it as soon as you walk in Yankee Stadium. The electricity is there every time, every day.

This is the hard part. Knowing and admitting a problem are not the same as solving it. But executing a solution is also the fun part, because the solution save you and gets you moving again.