Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.

There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives of the ancients.

Do not judge. Never presume to judge another human being anyway. That's up to heaven.

I think of birth as the search for a larger apartment.

the reason for revolution is so the good things in life circulate.

I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.

Oh well, maybe the only beauty left in cities is in the oil slicks on the road and maybe there isn't any beauty left in the people who live in these places.