Duets are not about individual skill but about the relationship between the two players.

The English were infuriating. Everything was designed to put an outsider at a disadvantage. If you had to ask, you didn't belong.

... anyone can acquire wealth, the real art is giving it away.

Men are all very well, and a good husband can be enormously useful, but women like us need something to do.

Perhaps she would never really know him. A year and a half ago that though would have been unbearable to her, but now she had learnt to live with uncertainty, even to love it.

I told you, you're my black pearl. When i first set eyes on you in the servant's hall I thought you were the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life.

...when I see you here amidst all this, I realise that I proposed to a very small part of you. I thought I was giving you a home and a position, but here I see that I am taking you away from so much.

...to ride well to hounds is simply a diversion. It leaves no record. But already, my dear Charlotte, you have created something, a legacy.

The eternal sea of politics is best left to politicians.

God cares about those in need, and so should His people.

We do not last, she thinks. In the end, only the stories survive.

Life packed a clever one-two punch: cruelty and absurdity.

Have you noticed that if you leave the laundry in the hamper long enough, it's ready to wear again?

... does it seem to you that it is possible to speak of Art? It would be the same as explaining love!

Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) is to the heart as water is to a fish; see what happens to a fish when it is taken out of water

What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.

I realize that the strivings of the Polish people gave rise, and still do so, to the feelings of understanding and solidarity all over the world.

The Ironman World Championship is the hardest race I've competed in. Not only do the elements (heat, wind, humidity) make it grueling, but the quality of the field makes it a true test.