The sea, like a crinkled chart, spread to the horizon, and lapped the sharp outline of the coast, while the houses were white shells in a rounded grotto, pricked here and there by a great orange sun.

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

I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end.

Every moment was a precious thing, having in it the essence of finality.

Boredom is a pleasing antidote for fear

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

I held out my arms to him and he came to me like a child.

I would have gone too but I wanted to come straight back to you.I kept thinking of you, waiting here, all by yourself, not knowing what was going to happen.

Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me.""Do you mean you want a secretary or something?""No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.

We've got a bond in common, you and I. We are both alone in the world.

There was something rather blousy about roses in full bloom, something shallow and raucous, like women with untidy hair

Our world no longer hears God because it is constantly speaking, at a devastating speed and volume, in order to say nothing.

Love is the spirit of the soul.

My life is a constant struggle between what they want me to be, what I want me to be, and who I’m being instead.

Yes, well, people are very good at destroying things, good things.

Life is full of risks. But only takes a great mind to make the right decisions”.

You're a coward if you don't stand up. Not for you, but for women. Say something.

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.

When the President was asked about global warming at a public appearance yesterday, he responded by talking about America's addiction to oil. You make the connection.

Methinks my own soul must be a bright invisible green.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.