The deeper and richer a personality is, the more full it is of paradox and contradiction. It is only a shallow character who offers us no problems of contrast.

I love my mother, not as a prisoner of atherosclerosis, but as a person; and I must love her enough to accept her as she is, now, for as long as this dwindling may take.

It is the ability to choose which makes us human.

The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try to treat it a little lightly.

We tend to think things are new because we've just discovered them.

Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point. French. Pascal. The heart has its reasons, whereof reason knows nothing.

We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.