We don't see things as they are, we see them as we ... believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead.

The dream has to be translated into reality.

[On Paris:] A city never entirely known, yet which gives you the feeling of intimacy, of possessing it intimately.

I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of the dark though the witches are all hung, and Christianity and candles have been introduced.

Don't say anything, because I see that you understand me, and I am afraid of your understanding. I have such a fear of finding another like myself, and such a desire to find one! I am so utterly lonely, but I also have such a fear that my isolation be broken through, and I no longer be the head and ruler of my universe. I am in great terror of your understanding by which you penetrate into my world; and then I stand revealed and I have to share my kingdom with you.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.