Italian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life.

No one can take away your pain, so don't let anyone take away your happiness.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

I don't have to be an expert. I just have to care.

Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.

When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad Idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to women is: if you have nice hair already, don't get a perm, leave your hair alone.

No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.

If I can play a little part in the world's healing, and making it a better place than when I came, then I just thank God for that chance.

People who overcome their fears every day, without fanfare, without recognition. Quiet, everyday courage, that’s what I admire most.

Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.

Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.

She could not bear to look at him just now. If she did, she might well slap him again. Or cry. Or kiss him. And never know which was right and which was wrong and which was madness.

It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.

I love old moons. There is something humanized about them; they are dulled a little, and rich in color. One can stare all night at an old moon.

When an office begins to look like a family tree, you'll find worms tucked away snug and cheerful in most of the apples.

What helps me is yogic breathing, dropping my spiritual level where I am really, really clear that I am playing a character.

Nature doesn't move in a straight line, and as part of nature, neither do we.

It inspired all sorts of whims and fancies that I ultimately wove into a fairy tale complete with muse, the earth, the moon, some famous inventors, a dog and a rabbit.

Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don't put too much trust in them.

It was just on a whole other level, getting to experience and ride that terrain. We spent a fair amount of time in the Hakuba Valley.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.