Make him [the reader] think the evil, make him think it for himself, and you are released from weak specifications.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

I just don't see why the past has to matter.

I struggled to think pure thoughts, as Hector sucked out my psyche with his eyes.

And when I look into his eyes there’s a feeling of something I can only describe as familiarity, a sense of safety. Like coming home.

We cannot spend our entire week in pursuit of the world and then wonder why our worship on Sunday feels flat.

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant but inside I was always quaking.

You just have to find that thing that's special about you that distinguishes you from all the others, and through true talent, hard work, and passion, anything can happen.

I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize my films or anyone else's.

A political problem thought of in military terms eventually becomes a military problem.

To work on the actual location I think is great. This thing of going to Canada and pretending you're in New York, it's terrible.

Dear 338171 (May I call you 338?)