Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.

Wishes and fears are illusions, Dil Bahadur, not realities. You must practice detachment.

Eros is very close to death. And both things, in a way, balance each other.

I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, my grandchildren, my mother, my dog, and frankly, I don't know if they even like me. But who cares? Loving them is my joy.

I have seen these persons speak unthinkingly, not realizing that to speak is also to be. Word and gesture are man's thought. We should not speak without reason.

I carry around a little stool to stand on when people want a picture with their cellular phones.

Life is very mysterious and there are many things we don't know. And there are elements of magic realism in every culture, everywhere. It's just accepting that we don't know everything and everything is possible.