They were from different generations, culture, nations. But even these things did not divide them so much as their separate conceptions of what it meant to be a woman.

You can say anything, anything, if it is beautifully said.

The love between a writer and a reader is never celebrated.

Freedom: both so priceless and so expensive.

You write your first novel with the desperation of the damned. You're afraid that you'll never write anything else, ever again.

Suddenly, she employed those very English weapons: devious good manners and a rapid change of subject.

Sleep not with an albatross unless you wish your dreams to fly away.

Life is spirituality.

Our choices are made, our will flexed, in the teeth of events that overwhelm us and devour us.

To believe in God is to yearn for His existence and furthermore it is to act as if He did exist.

The trumpet is a very violent instrument - probably one of the most archaic of all the modern instruments. It's physically really demanding: you have to stay in pretty good shape.

There's going to be a Halloween costume [of lavash from Sausage Party]. The whole thing is just so ridiculous. It's nice. It's silly, and it's surreal.

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.

When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you’re worth.

Seek out people to work with who are brimming with talent, energy, integrity, optimism, and generosity.

Sounds are the echo of the "Harmony of the Spheres" which man took into himself when he came down from the divine-spiritual world into the physical world.