Why do progress and beauty have to be so opposed?

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

You’ll never get what you truly deserve if you remain attached to what you’re supposed to let go of.

What does spirituality, money and happiness have in common? Everything.

Life after 35 should be lit by the flames of passion. Extinguish the fire that burns the candle of your life at both ends.

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

My Gran said put a thimble on your finger and it helps you in case you slip with the needle and it goes up, into the brain, and death.

The Greek people do not want to exit the euro, and I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have made major sacrifices to stay within the Eurozone.

Guns aren't toys! They're for family protection, hunting dangerous or delicious animals, and keeping the King of England out of your face!

The bad guys are not typical, they are not just bad, they are interesting. They might be good or bad.

From the very beginning Europe has been not only a success story but also a story of success achieved by learning.

Tolerance is just a fancy word for ignoring a fascist ideology. Acceptance is the only way.