People die', she says. 'People tear down houses. But furniture, fine, beautiful furniture, it just goes on and on, surviving everything.' She says, 'Armoires are the cockroaches of our culture.

The lucky ones are just born dead.

If it comes down to a choice between being unloved and being vulnerable and sensitive and emotional, then you can just keep your love.

All human beings search for either reasons to be good, or excuses to be bad.

A moment is all you can expect from perfection.

No matter how many luxuries you get, something will be missing. No matter how carefully you choose, you'll never be totally happy.

It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.