In India, the corrupt accuse the corrupt of being corrupt and the corrupt investigate the corrupt and absolve the corrupt of being corrupt.

Fall in love so madly that every leaf whispers words of love to your lover. Every raindrop explodes with only one word as it hits the Earth.

I tell a story, and therefore I exist.

A story is the relationship that you develop between who you are, or who you potentially are, and the infinite world.

Cosmetic companies are trying to turn India into a nation of Albinos. No dark area on any part of the body. Except maybe our hearts. Got a cream for that?

Why should the simple fact of your having more money entitle you to a greater share of the Earth's limited natural resources?

Panic is the great access of creativity because that's the only way to get rid of your mind.

I am far more comfortable with failure than I ever will be with success.

Lessons of Life: When you stop yearning, When you stop aspiring. You stop living.

True love can exist only in freedom from possession.

If time has no beginning and no end, everything is happening, will happen, has happened, at the same moment. All eternity in a single moment.

The last thing he ever said to me was, 'Just always be waiting for me, and then some night you will hear me crowing.

Exceptional customer service proactively manages your brand and reactively can turn upset customers into raving fans based on how you handled their complaint.

...the kind of love that picks you up in Akron and sets you down in Rio...

Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence.

I think essentially corrupting institutions in Washington are turning conservatism into something that is really very creepy, but also emotionally and psychically powerful for people.

There's this whole assumption that girls like bad boys, but I have to disagree; I think 'nice' will go a long way.

Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.

If I stop to think about fans, or best-selling, or not best-selling, or good reviews, or not-good reviews, it just becomes too much. It's like staring at the mirror all day.

Yes," Vorkosigan agreed, "I could take over the universe with this army if I could ever get all their weapons pointed in the same direction.

The most important thing is to be happy myself with what I am doing.