Jean Rostand

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

Democracy, loudly upheld as a cure for much of the ailing world, has proved no guarantor of political wisdom, even if it remains the least bad form of government.

Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.