To be successful in my native France, where people speak the same language and understand me, is nothing.
If a man walks in beauty, he will create, and when he creates, he prospers.
That's when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you - without you asking.
A good mother is irreplaceable.
No one worries about you like your mother, and when she is gone, the world seems unsafe, things that happen unwieldy. You cannot turn to her anymore, and it changes your life forever. There is no one on earth who knew you from the day you were born; who knew why you cried, or when you'd had enough food; who knew exactly what to say when you were hurting; and who encouraged you to grow a good heart. When that layer goes, whatever is left of your childhood goes with her.
But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.
All the things I thought I was - simple and plain and sometime funny - are very small words. They do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to express what is inside of me. I have value, and I have worth. I cannot be replaced like old shoes or taken for granted like tap water.
Most of the time when you do a job, a play or a film, you're wondering, "Will there be an audience?"
I started thinking that if post modernism is about people opening up all their skeletons, I'm going the other way. I don't want anyone knowing anything about me anymore.
I even tried to tell myself to live my best life today.
She really started to cry, and the next thing I knew, I was kissing her all over - anywhere - her eyes, her nose, her forehead, her eyebrows, and all, her ears - her whole face except her mouth and all.