The point is, life has to be endured, and lived. But how to live it is the problem.

But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost.

Men are simpler than you imagine my sweet child. But what goes on in the twisted, tortuous minds of women would baffle anyone.

I wish I was a woman of about thirty-six dressed in black satin with a string of pearls.

Women want love to be a novel, men a short story.

A dreamer, I walked enchanted, and nothing held me back.

Life was a series of greetings and farewells, one was always saying good-bye to something, to someone.

I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say.

There is no going back in life. There is no return. No second chance.

Association brings impartation

We are the party of Roosevelt. We are the party of Kennedy. So don't tell me that Democrats won't defend this country. Don't tell me that Democrats won't keep us safe.

Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.

I still have my girlfriends that I grew up with. We went to day care together ... we just feel comfortable with each other. We're honest, we're total goofs.

I don't do drugs, though. Just weed.

Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin is forgiven.

It is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is in your hands.

Drink in the beauty and wonder at the meaning of what you see.

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film.