Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

... the progress of the language has caused us to lose many old treasures. It is thus with all progress, and one must make the best of it.

a woman's heart has no wrinkles.

The world will know and understand me someday. But if that day does not arrive, it does not greatly matter. I shall have opened the way for other women.

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

Life isn't always easy but so long as we have hope that we will find someone to help us through the darkness things will always get better. When we find that person, life suddenly explodes and darkness turns into a riot of colour. We're always looking for someone, what we need to remember is that someone is out there looking for us too.

Travelling is like a novel: it's what happens that counts.