What is the French word for rain? Le rain? La rain? Is the rain masculine or feminine? It’s such a bother that it must be masculine.

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.

There are no safe choices. Only other choices.

I've heard it said that God is in the details. It's the same with the truth. Leave out the details, the crucial heart, and you can damn someone with the bare bones of it.

I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I've got to think.

One could argue that it's romantic to die for love. Of course, then you're dead and unable to take that honeymoon trip to the Alps with all the other fashionable young couples, which is a shame.

They have money and position and Ann has none.It's amazing how often you can be right as long as you have those two things working in your favor.

Might. Is there any opiate more powerful than that word?

Pippa's laugh is bitter, tinged with tears. 'Ha! Why do girls think being beautiful will solve every problem? Being beautiful just creates problems. It's a misery. I wish I were someone else.

I know because I read. Might I suggest you try it?

I can see his pain, see it in the way he runs his fingers through his hair, over and over, and I understand what it costs him to hide it all.

Many people who are in reality dead are walking in the streets

The universe is a symphony of strings. And the "Mind of God, " which Einstein wrote eloquently about, is cosmic music resonating throughout hyperspace.

If you looked in magazines ... you never see me in those out-on-the-town pages. I'm either at home playing with the kids or I'm working.

My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

You're a lot better off being scared than being bored.

Westerners have aggressive problem-solving minds; Africans experience people.

There is no formula to relationships.

Strategy is something anyone can learn. But not all coaches take the time to understand a man's personality.

We're in a very Orwellian situation where when we - we've slashed defense. And we've raised taxes. And we consider $600 billion annual deficit success because it's not $1 trillion.

It is no use for the honorable member to shake his head in the teeth of his own words.