If anyone asks me whether I like being a popular writer, I ask them whether they think I'd rather be an unpopular writer.

Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.

We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades.

Priceless things matter not for their value, but because they offer us an enduring reminder of stability and permanence.

A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.

Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases

The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.

Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.

My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.

I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.

Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap.

Humans punish themselves endlessly for not being what they believethey should be. They become very self-abusive, and they use other people to abuse themselves as well.

Autumn is leaving its mellowness behind for its spiky, rotted stage. Don't remember summer even saying goodbye.

I trust you: That's huge. That's truth. That's real love. Everyone uses 'I love you' so loosely.

Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside.

If you own a home with wheels on it and several cars without, you just might be a redneck.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice.

The relationship between Aquaman and Aqualad should be investigated.

Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.

The success of Darwinism was accomplished by a decline in scientific integrity.