She was mine and not-mine all at once. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen and the most terrifying.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Love, an ocean.

A sharp stick is better than a blunt sword.

Give if thou can an alms if not a sweet and gentle word.

But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying that we crave.

The people of Afghanistan will continue to remember his lasting friendship with the people of Afghanistan as well as his unstinting support during the years of jihad against the Soviets.

I'd love to fly, especially with the gas prices right now.

We live in times that are in many ways ambiguous. Maybe that's why kids want precision in what they read - they don't like that moral ambiguity.

You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again.

President Obama believes that we have a moral obligation to the next generation to leave our land, water, and wildlife better than we found it.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.