I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.

My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

he next thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.

Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives. The struggle for equality continues unabated, and the woman warrior who is armed with wit and courage will be among the first to celebrate victory.

Sons branch out, but one woman leads to another.

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.

Make the most of What you have, When you have it, Where you are.

Whenever I date a guy, I think, "Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?"

The hunger of love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.

My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn't want him to.

When I dare to be powerful -- to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.

The future is made of the same stuff as the present.

Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths.

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.