Eleanor went to her room "where she was free to think and be wretched.

If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.

To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect

But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it?

From a night of more sleep than she had expected, Marianne awoke the next morning to the same consciousness of misery in which she had closed her eyes.

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!

I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be...yours.

I can feel no sentiment of approbation inferior to love.

…told herself likewise not to hope. But it was too late. Hope had already entered…

If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

And Marianne, who had the knack of finding her way in every house to the library, however it might be avoided by the family in general, soon procured herself a book.

Morgan Freeman is a very giving actor.

Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion

You've got to audition! It's tough out there, no matter how well-known you are.

There's nothing nice about Steve Jobs and there's nothing evil about Bill Gates

The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a common lamp-post.

I was a normal American nerd.

Businessmen they drink my wine, come and taste my herb.

It is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you.

I never thought I'd be on Sesame Street with Elmo and Big Bird. I'm still thrilled. I'm on a high.

Obviously, the faster we process information, the more rich and complex our models or glosses - our reality-tunnels - will become.