How remarkable we are in our ability to hide things from ourselves - our conscious minds only a small portion of our actual minds, jellyfish floating on a vast dark sea of knowing and deciding.

Does love always form, like a pearl, around the hardened bits of life?

Change was not something you waited for, quietly, mutely, in a house by the ocean, nothing would ever change unless we forced it into shape.

Instead of asking, “How can I ease my suffering?” yoga would have us ask, “How can I better serve my brothers and sisters?” Because only in answering the latter can we hope to answer the former.

I've been thinking.”That snapped Piper back to the present. Coming from your boyfriend, I've been thinking was kind of a scary line.

I remember playing in my mom's closet with Kim as little girls - we had this game we played, I was Donna Karan, and she was my assistant, and I was really bossy.

Even afterwards when you go through a scene and then step off, sometimes you need a minute to just decompress.

The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.

In chess, as in life, opportunity strikes but once.

One thing you cannot control is nature.

If you have no opposition in the place you serve, you're serving in the wrong place.

As I get older, the things I'm sure of become fewer.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.