Every small wrong, every minor act of cruelty, every act of petty bullying was symbolic of a greater wrong. And if we ignored these small things, then did it not blunt our outrage over the larger wrongs?

It is the search for beauty...That is what it is. We find ourselves on this earth--gods and men--and we know that it is beautiful. That is one of the few things we understand--beauty; because it is there, in the world, and we can see it all about us. We want beauty. It requires our love. It just does.

The people with the strong, brave exteriors are just as weak and vulnerable as the rest of us. And of course they never admit to their childish practices, their moments of weakness or absurdity, and then the rest of us think that's how it should be.

I have always taken the view that one should never hold against a man anything he says after twelve o'clock at night or after a glass or two of anything.

The previously unloved may find it hard to believe that they are now loved; that is such a miracle, they feel; such a miracle.

There are many women whose lives would be immeasurably improved by widowhood, but one should not always point that out.

How many of us are happy to be exactly where we are at any moment?...only the completely happy think that they are in the correct place.