(on asparagus) Europeans of the Renaissance swore by it as an aphrodisiac, and the church banned it from nunneries.

For if there is any single thing that everyone hopes for most dearly, it must be this: that the youngest outlive the oldest.

I had decided early on that if I couldn’t dress elegant, I’d dress memorable.

A flower is a plant's way of making love.

You can be as earnest and ridiculous as you need to be, if you don't attempt it in isolation. The ridiculously earnest are known to travel in groups. And they are known to change the world.

Science doesn't tell us what we should do. It only tells us what is.

It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.