"I found out that when you get married the man becomes the head of the house. And the woman becomes the neck, and she turns the head any way she wants to."

"We must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage, and determination to succeed."

"As pity moved into that hole inside her, she discovered how distant pity was from hate, how very far it was from love."

"Sorry for the disaster. And thanks for your patience!"

"How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right?"

"No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recess of another mind."

"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for."

"Civility sometimes requires polite ruthlessness. Establish that what you prize most is civility."

"The notion of picking one time of year to be decent to other people is obscene because it's actually validating the notion of being miserable wretches the rest of the year."

"Success is measured on how high you bounce once you've hit rock bottom."

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

"I'm a controversial figure: my friends either dislike me or hate me."