The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.

I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man he fornicated and read the papers.

Albert Camus

If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.

Ezra Pound

I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.

Portia de Rossi

If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.

Barbara Corcoran

Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children's lives.

Larry Elder

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship; and it seems hard to justify an incitement to it on anti-censorial principles.

George Bernard Shaw

I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.

Patrick Rothfuss

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature -- trees, flowers, grass -- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls.

Mother Theresa

Sometimes, all it takes to change your life is to change your routine.

Stephen Richards

One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.

Nathalie Sarraute

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

Stephen Fry

Hello, Mary.'It was like hearing a note of divine calm after a dissonant passage of music. My confusion died away.

Jennifer Paynter