We assume that we’re masters of our environment, rather than being a part of it.

A kiss on the beach when there is a full moon is the closest thing to heaven.

And just as he said of me, the thing that his heart desired was not the thing that he professed to want.

The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.

Girls, like flowers, bloom but once. But once is enough.

Americans love our shoes and us Brits love that we can always pick up a bargain when in the US.

Yes, many immigrants cherish the value of choice and opportunity and the value of education more than 7th or 8th generation Americans.

But common sense has no place in first love and never has.

[Turkish women] had lived free of the veil for 5,000 years, and had been covered only in the last 600 years.

Courage in danger is half the battle. [Lat., Bonus animus in mala re, dimidium est mali.]

The great thing about doing a show in New York is that you can work until the night before.