We have had enough, once and for all, of Hedonism--the gloomy philosophy which says that Pleasure is the only good.
My friends say everything I touch turns to gold. I'll say, 'I've been very lucky.
Give us being and feeling over having any day.
French women eat and serve what's in season, for maximum flavor and value, and know availability does not equal quality.
I can never leave a bookstore without buying a book. I read four or five at a time.
Learn to say no, with an eye to saying yes to something else.
I am a believer in change peu a` peu (little by little) since drastic changes, including lots of changes made all at once, are often the sort of modifications that don't stick.
Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy that. It's a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don't. Every day I sit down and write.
There's no leaving Edinburgh, No shifting it around: it stays with you, always.
In America there must be only citizens, not divided by grade, first and second, but citizens, east, west, north, and south.
Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best.