There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace.

What we do is a wonder, an art, and we have a responsibility to do it well.

‎"As Oedipus learned, the more you run away from what is predetermined the more you run toward it.

Perfume is magic. It's mystery. We recreate the smell of a flower. Of wood. Of grass. We capture the essence of life. Liquefy it. We store memories. We make dreams.

More than 3,500 hardcover novels are published each year. Even the most avid reader buys fewer than one a week.

There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace.

There's no one thing you can do to have success, but if you have a plan and you keep doing things, you'll eventually build to a success.