The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.

If your library is not "unsafe, " it probably isn't doing its job.

The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.

No reason to be angry. Anger just distracts from the all-encompassing sadness.

Love is always about losing somethin

I don't have to live up to that Superwoman myth. I can cry and be human and lean on people who take care of me. That can be very liberating.

I don't think I've had a lonely moment in my life.

Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.

To resent and remember brings strife; to forgive and forget brings peace.

This is what it is the business of the artist to do. Art is theft, art is armed robbery, art is not pleasing your mother.

When you turn on your radio, you don't always want to hear about someone shootin' some person. Even if that's the lifestyle they live, people don't always want to hear it.

I think we could do with being a little more adventurous in certain areas and push on that little bit more, while a bit of luck also wouldn't go amiss.

It is not the return on my investment that I am concerned about; it's the return of my investment