If I had a dollar for every time I smiled secretly having you in my mind I think my bank account would show up millions.

The press was ruthless, but then so was the church.Flavia de Luce

Do not lower your expectations in order to avoid hurt. Instead, keep your expectations high and learn to tackle with disappointments.

The old woman dies, the burden is lifted.

Stories are the secret reservoir of values: change the stories individuals and nations live by and tell themselves, and you change the individuals and nations.

One cannot find a healthy economy anywhere in the world that does not have a strong industrial base, period.

We've got to figure out a way that we give a private sphere for our public leaders. We're not gonna get the best people in public life if we don't do that.

It's interesting, as I said on the last tour in America, the audience actually came out, they had to have been the kind of fans who listened to my music via their parents, you know what I mean?

Ray Bradbury was not ahead of his time. He was perfectly of his time, and more than that: he created his time and left his mark on the time that followed.

I have the financial morals of a goldfish, I can resist everything but temptation.

Even the most powerful women I know go out of their way to say that they're not really interested in power. Imagine a man saying that.