We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make to them; a man may live long, yet get little from life. Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will - Montaigne, Essays

If anyone asks me whether I like being a popular writer, I ask them whether they think I'd rather be an unpopular writer.

My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.

She put her hand in his, and he clasped it firmly, knowing he had been waiting for her all his life.

Successful women don't sleep until noon.

He who ascends to mountaintops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below