There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.

I remember a time when a cabbage could sell itself by being a cabbage. Nowadays it’s no good being a cabbage – unless you have an agent and pay him a commission. Nothing is free anymore to sell itself or give itself away. These days, Countess, every cabbage has its pimp.

It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.

Destiny is simply the relentless logic of each day we live.

Human beings are like timid punctuation marks sprinkled among the incomprehensible sentences of life.

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.

There are truths which can kill a nation.