No one is a failure until that is the only definition of themselves that they are willing to see within.

We belong where we are most loved

A feminist is a woman lover not a man hater

Delayed, unexpressed appreciation is meaningless. The dead need no appreciation. The living do.

In a relationship, it is not what you ask and receive that delights. It is receiving what you wanted but never asked

There should be a measure for happiness or sadness, like the width of your smile, the twinkle in your eyes, the depth of your laughter or the salt of your tears.

There are times when you are home to yourself and you long for company.

Only if I heal, can you heal. Only if you heal, can I heal. Otherwise, we would continue to scar each other.

Most of the conversations we are ever likely to have with people are the things we do not and cannot say

You know you have arrived when you have stopped caring about the destination

The stories we pretend do not exist, are the stories that will haunt us till the end.

Father Nicholas Steno, is often identified as the father of geology.

When someone hates you, send them flowers.

Am I awake or dreaming? It doesn’t matter anymore. When I close my eyes I dream of death and war. When I open my eyes I see death and war.

We tire of those pleasures we take but never of those we give.

No design, no matter how common or seemingly insignificant, is without its adamant critics as well as its ardent admirers.

The future projects light, the past only clouds

At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question rattled around in my head. I had no idea that I was obsessed with furniture.

When my dad divorced my mom it was kind of like him leaving me also.

I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' dad. He was too busy working. It was a hard life, man.

The world is a nettle; disturb it, it stings. Grasp it firmly, it stings not.