From a young age I had learned to get over--to cover my tracks emotionally, to hide or ignore my problems in the belief that they were mine alone to ….

Napoleon is dead - but Beethoven lives..

If it were not for my firm belief in an overruling Providence, it would be difficult for me, in the midst of such complications of affairs, to keep m….

With God, it's possible to be content wherever we are, with whatever we have..

You're only as good as you are now - not as good as you were before..

When people don't believe in you, you have to believe in yourself..

I'm happy to be where I am and how everything has turned out..

I do like to be surprised..

I am conversational - I just like to engage and talk about things..

I have always detested the belief that sex is the chief bond between man and woman. Friendship is far more human..

I'm not just anybody.' 'No, indeed. Nobody is..

I'd rather be a comma than a full stop..

The way to belief is short and easy, the way to knowledge is long and hard..

Chanel liberated women: Saint Laurent gave them power..

Creeds, like other goods, pass by inheritance to descendants..

You flatter me shamelessly. I like it. Good..

I grill, therefore I am..

Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed..

We read to find ourselves, more fully and more strangely than otherwise we could hope to find..

The more you invest in your happiness, the more happiness will invest in you..

I have a family to feed..