There were times when he could not read the face he had studied so long, and when this lonely girl was a greater mystery to him than any women of the world...

A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people.

Edward Frederic Benson

I still don't look at myself as a star. I've always had a thankful heart.

Brenda Lee

All art is abstract, because art is an abstraction of the truth.

Milford Zornes

My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection.

Michael Jackson

Tsuki ni murakumo, hana ni kazeClouds over the moon, a storm over blossoms

Japanese Proverb

We obtain the concept, as we do the form, by overlooking what is individual and actual; whereas nature is acquainted with no forms and no concepts, and likewise with no species, but only with an X which remains inaccessible and undefinable for us.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I have often been downcast, but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary I treat all the privations as amusing. I have made up my mind now to lead a different life from other girls and, later on, different from ordinary housewives. My start has been so very full of interest, and that is the sole reason why I have to laugh at the humorous side of the most dangerous moments.

Anne Frank

Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.

Susan B. Anthony

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Euripides

Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?

Neil LaBute

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

Edith Wharton