First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

To those who have given up on love: I say, "Trust life a little bit.

Information helps you to see that you're not alone. That there's somebody in Mississippi and somebody in Tokyo who have wept, who've all longed and lost, who've all been happy. So the library helps you to see, not only that you are not alone, but that you're not really any different from everyone else.

There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

I think we ought to give ourselves more time. We should be more patient with ourselves and with each other.

It's so tedious writing cookbooks or writing the recipes because I've never been much of a measurer. But to write a book, you have to measure everything.