Just as teardrops, when they are large and round and compassionate, can leave a long strand washed clean of discord, the summer rain as it washes away the motionless dust can bring to a person's soul something like endless breathing.

What is an aristocrat? A woman who is never sullied by vulgarity, although she may be surrounded by it.

shocked to realize how much vitality is required simply to support our primitive requirements, we wonder, bewildered, where Art fits in.

When someone that you love dies..it's like fireworks suddenly burning out in the sky and everything going black.

To the rich, therefore, falls the burden of Beauty. And if they cannot assume it, then they deserve to die.

How to measure a life's worth? The important thing, said Paloma one day, is not the fact of dying, it is what you are doing in the moment of your death.

If you have but one friend, make sure you choose her well.