#life

"Over the years I've learned how to lock myself up in a prison of hope, knowing that God has nothing but His best planned for me. He promised me things concerning my ministry and my life."

"Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man."

"My life isn’t theories and formulae. It’s part instinct, part common sense. Logic is as good a word as any, and I’ve absorbed what logic I have from everything and everyone… from my mother, from training as a ballet dancer, from Vogue magazine, from the laws of life and health and nature."

"Rules of Etiquette [10w] Rules of etiquette are pretend manners for the lower classes."

"Freddie often fold me that you've got to be happy when you can, because life won't wait for you to take the time. And she was right."

"It is not where we are that matters nor what we have, it is what we do with where we are and what we have."

"Privacy [10w] Why someone prefers his privacy is itself a private matter."

"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."

"I'm a completely worthless woman and no man should risk his life for me."

"What is left when honor is lost?"

"Love is a process, either growing or shrinking, but never stagnant. My love for you was David, and now it is Goliath. Also, my love for you was Goliath, and now it is David."

"If you want something you have never had, you must do something you have never done."

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."

"Know that the same spark of life that is within you, is within all of our animal friends, the desire to live is the same within all of us..."

"Primarily, 'Black Girl/White Girl' is the story of two very different, yet somehow 'fated' girls; for Genna, her 'friendship' with Minette is the most haunting of her life, though it is one-sided and ends in tragedy."

"I had a dream about you last night. We watched pornography together, but purely for the storyline."

"You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens."

"To build up a library is to create a life. It's never just a random collection of books."

"I don’t remember my birth. I guess I got dementia at a young age."

"The lesson is, because there will be many lemons in life, to learn to make the proverbial lemonade - and be open and honest. That's the best way of doing damage control and positioning yourself for success."