She made an inarticulate sound of distress at the sight that met her eyes. It was a fire, and it was the bookstore on the far side of the square that was burning.

To love a painting is to feel that this presence is ... not an object but a voice.

Function is a fantasy...the form of designed things is decided by choice or else by chance; but it is never actually entailed by anything whatever.

Growing up with three boys in a heavily male-dominated world, I especially needed to express myself as a woman.

With Heaven's aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was too short to achieve the conquest of the world. That task is left for you

Just heard Paul Scholes has retired, best I’ve ever played against by a mile. Most technically gifted player in english history. Legend.

Happiness is not the whole aim of education. A man must be independent in his powers and character; able to work and assert his mastery over all that depends on him.

You may not like the humor, but that is why every radio has an on-off button.

Love affairs are for emotional sprinters; the pleasures of love are for the emotional marathoners.

What is born will die, What has been gathered will be dispersed, What has been accumulated will be exhausted, What has been built up will collapse, And what has been high will be brought low.

You get a lot of fame, but haven't created anything musically.