Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance. Maurice Maeterlinck Read Quote
Usually, one of the first things I think about when I’m developing a character is what they’re wearing. I mean, it sounds very cheesy and very actor-y, but it really does help me figure it out. Nick Kroll Read Quote
There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means – either may do – the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier. Benjamin Franklin Read Quote
Size has nothing to do with literature. All legs are long enough to touch the ground, and all books are big enough to fill their covers. Walter Kirn Read Quote
Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world. Susan Rice Read Quote
In speech after speech on his health care plan, the President has tried to convince us that what he is proposing will be good for America. But, how can it be good for America if it raises taxes by a half trillion dollars and costs a trillion dollars or more to implement? Scott Brown Read Quote
I have accepted that even when Mr. Cosby is long gone, I will still get asked about him. Malcolm-Jamal Warner Read Quote
In Morocco, there is an insistence on authority. Children are not encouraged to speak up in front of their parents. My parents were not like this. I was the kind of girl who could tell her father, ‘No, what you are saying is totally untrue, and I don’t agree with you.’ Leila Slimani Read Quote
I wrote in the cellar for a number of years. I needed a private space, and it had a furnace, so it was always warm. Edith Pearlman Read Quote
