To live, to have so much ambition, to suffer, to cry, to fight and, at the end, forgetfulness ... as if I had never existed.

To a woman who knows her own mind men can only be a minor consideration.

I was born to be a remarkable woman; it matters little in what way or how. ... I shall be famous or I will die.

Let us love dogs; let us love only dogs! Men and cats are unworthy creatures.

Nothing is ever so good or so bad in reality as it is in the anticipation.

I am the most interesting book of all.

Art just consists in making us swallow the commonplaces by charming us eternally.

What am I? Nothing. What would I be? Everything.

When I die my death will be caused by indignation at the stupidity of human nature.

Life, that is Paris! Paris, that is life!

I want to live faster, faster, faster! ... I fear that this desire to live always at high pressure is the presage of a short existence. Who knows?

I am hopeful because love overflows from my heart. Gratitude for beauty and life leads my way.

You always were a strange child, Alexander, " he said, "but vampires? I can't believe it."I shrugged."Well, now you know where I get my biting sense of humor, " I said weakly.

Anxiety is the monster that resides within.

I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.

All my life, since I came to the Institute, you were the mirror of my soul. I saw the good in me in you. In your eyes alone I found grace. When you are gone from me, who will see me like that?

Right after the tragedy, President Bush asked Americans to get on with their lives and we did.

No one is going to tell a movie star to smoke or not smoke because they can do whatever they want.

The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.

My family isn't really Italian. We're more like Olive Garden Italian.

I wanted him like I wanted air to breathe. Not a choice- a necessity.