In any triangle, who is the betrayer, who the unseen rival, and who the humiliated lover? Oneself, oneself, and no one but oneself!

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Plus, I happened to be a history nerd. Why else would I be interested in a guy born in the year 519?

Age is artificial. It's soulless. It doesn't matter one bit.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.

All painting, no matter what you are painting, is abstract in that it's got to be organized.

Iris from sea brings wind or mighty rain.

Climate change is a fact. Its consequences, damages and costs are already being felt around the globe.

The unicorn is a mythical beast.

Love could never bloom in a concrete block room.

You buy a movie, you should get it anywhere you want it. You pay for a network, you should have that anywhere you want. Same thing with a magazine.