Don't they always go from bad to worse? There's no turning back--yourold self rejects you, and shuts you out. ~Lilly Bart

She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.

Little as she was addicted to solitude, there had come to be moments when it seemed a welcome escape from the empty noises of her life.

Do you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well-you did love me for a moment and it helped me. It has always helped me.

Don't you ever mind, " she asked suddenly, "not being rich enough to buy all the books you want?

What she craved and really felt herself entitled to was a situation in which the noblest attitude should also be the easiest.

She seemed always to have seen him through a blur - first of sleepiness, then of distance and indifference - and now the fog had thickened till he was almost indistinguishable.

Oh, Gerty, I wasn't meant to be good.

Perhaps I might have resisted a great temptation, but the little ones would have pulled me down

We are expected to be pretty and well-dressed until we drop.

The prayers of Christians are in vain if they do not plan any corresponding actions

The most beautiful road is the road you think it is the most beautiful road!

Fear is stronger than arms.

The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny.

The older Mercedes is absolutely beautiful. It's got that lovely purring feeling as the engine ticks over, which you just don't get in a modern car.

I didn't find Jesus. He's been there the whole time.

Experts say this global warming is serious, and they are predicting now that by the year 2050, we will be out of party ice.

Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an actress

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

I'm your full blown charismatic evangelical freak daddy.