Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

Women manage, quite brilliantly, on the whole, and to stunning and unforeseeable effect, to survive and surmount being defined by others. They dismiss the definition, however dangerous or wounding it may be-- or even, sometimes, find a way to utilize it.

It seems to be typical of life in America ... that the second generation has no time to talk to the first.

The past is what makes the present coherent, and the past will remain horrible for exactly as long as we refuse to assess it honestly.

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread.

I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.

You don't need numbers; you need passion, and this is proven by the history of the world!