The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect-and I don't live to be-but before you start pointing fingers... make sure your hands are clean!

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.