Books that teach us to dance: There are writers who, by portraying the impossible as possible, and by speaking of morality and genius as if both were high-spirited freedom, as if man were rising up on tiptoe and simply had to dance out of inner pleasure.

The true beloveds of this world are in their lover's eyes lilacs opening, ship lights, school bells, a landscape, remembered conversations, friends, a child's Sunday, lost voices, one's favorite suit, autumn and all seasons, memory, yes, it being the earth and water of existence, memory.

Truman Capote

I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, 'OK, I'm looking back on my life. I want to minimize the number of regrets I have.'

Jeff Bezos

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.

Anthony Storr

My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year.

Tracy Austin

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands

Friedrich Nietzsche

When followed correctly, the Dukan Diet is both a safe and effective method of weight loss.

Pierre Dukan

A coward is a hero with a wife, kids, and a mortgage.

Marvin Kitman

The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.

David Ogilvy

The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small.

Woody Allen

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

Leonard Cohen

There is fact in every fiction and truth in every lie.

Krisi Keley

Architecture is petrified music.

Felix E. Schelling