Love me, then, or hate me, as you will," I said at last, "you have my full and free forgiveness: ask now for God's, and be at peace.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

The idea of seeing the sea - of being near it - watching its changes by sunrise, sunset, moonlight, and noonday - in calm, perhaps in storm - fills and satisfies my mind.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Oh madam, when you put bread and cheese, instead of burnt porridge, into these children's mouths, you may indeed feed their vile bodies, but you little think how you starve their immortal souls!

Good-night, my-" He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

God did not give me my life to throw it away.

What you want to ignite in others must first burn inside yourself.

Artists have no choice but to express their lives.

You were only a goalkeeper.

I tried Botox once. Never again. It made my forehead freeze.

Blessing: Constructive thought directed toward anyone or condition. You bless a man when you recognize the divinity in him.

I didn't find this memoir of these two eccentric people so different from doing my memoirs of De Sade or Simone Weil. My parents in their own way are as odd as Sade.

You can never get rid of fear, you can only drop it.

You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy.

Communicate with visual literacy - Make good use of all the non-verbal ways of communication - color, shape, form, texture.

The gifts of God should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi.

As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the web we want.