The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.

There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

It is not enough to know your craft — you have to have feeling.

What you think about day and night forms your character and personality.

Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

Live for each second without hesitation.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

The only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they didn’t invest enough heart, didn’t love enough.