I know a lot about women and their suffering, but I still know almost nothing about men.

Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is.

Gone were my girlish ideas about romantic love and my later ideas about sexual love. From Yi, I learned to appreciate deep-heart love. Peony in Love

I am old enough to know only too well my good and bad qualities, which were often one in the same.

Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.

Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times.

Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that.

We're told that men are strong & brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat & bear physical & mental agony much better than men.

He was in my hair, my eyes, my fingers, my heart. I day-dreamed about what he was doing, thinking, seeing, smelling, feeling. I could not eat for thoughts of him.

People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right where you left off the last time you saw each other.

While she is lovely, we need to remember that her face is not what distinguishes her. Her beauty is a reflection of the virtue and talent she keeps inside.

People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul...

He was my vision, my dream and I was lucky I didn’t have to share him with anyone.

Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch.

Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.

I continue to be a photographer; I have enjoyed fishing and hunting with a close friend; and have owned two ranches, first in northern California and then in the state of Washington.

Give a woman a job and she grows balls.

Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking.

I am a happy man. I've had a good life.

The rewards for being sane may not be very many, but knowing what's funny is one of them.

I realize everybody wants what they don't have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what's on the outside!