I like America, and I think probably the American people like me.
In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.
It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.
The secret of a man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.
The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and sorrow.
He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.
That's the thing with women's movies - there's so much about kind of catfighting. And my experience is women aren't - look, we all get in fights with people, but it's not that face-to-face aggression.
I have this theory that the more important and intimate the emotion, the fewer words are required to express it. For instance in dating: 'Will you go out with me?' Six words. 'I really care for you. ' Five words. 'You matter to me' Four words. 'I love you. ' Three words. 'Marry me. ' Two words. Well, what's left? What's the one most important and intimate word you can ever say to somebody? 'Goodbye. . . '
I don't ever want to stop learning. And I really want to learn French fluently. It would be great to go and live in France.
Merilyn Simonds maintains an effortless balance between the dictates of story and memory. . . these aren't just the stories of one life; here are the patterns found in all our lives, richly celebrated.