Approval is overrated...Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. I don't care for approval, and I don't mind doing without.

To consider what other people might say is hardly a good reason to take action or to defer it. You have your own life to live, Iris, and at its end, the only opinion that amounts to anything is that which God bestows

Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny.

The overdressed traveler betrays more interest in being seen than in seeing, while the true traveler knows that the novel world about her serves as the most appropriate accessory.

There was much to hate in this world and too much to love.

Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.

Begging your pardon, sir....One population can't make peace with another by force.