There is a curtain, thin as gossamer, clear as glass, strong as iron, that hangs forever between the world of magic and the world that seems to us to be real.

There are brown eyes in the world, after all, as well as blue, and one pair of brown that meant heaven to me as the blue had never done

It is a curious thing that people only ask if you are enjoying yourself when you aren't.

The tragedy wasn’t that Stanford White died, but that I lived.

There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books.

Time and space are only forms of thought.

Ladylike is the beastliest word there is, I think. If a girl isn't a lady, it isn't worth while to be only like one, she'd better let it alone and be a free and happy bounder.

Nobody can live in the past or the future without being something of a nut.

everything has an end, and you get to it if you only keep on.

It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.

The chestnut's proud, and the lilac's pretty, The poplar's gentle and tall, But the plane tree's kind to the poor dull city - I love him best of all.

Life is slippery. We all need a loving hand to hold onto.

He lived at a little distance from his body, regarding his own acts with doubtful side-glasses.

She is a slave, with no way home.

A great perfumer can take the visual perfection of living flowers and materials and elongate and morph it's lifespann into olfactory bliss.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

The more one chases the quanta, the better they hide themselves.

I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men.

If I want my children to learn what bomba and plena is, I will teach them.

I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.