She reaches for his hand, sets something in his palm, and squeezes his hand into a fist. Goodbye, Werner. Goodbye, Marie-Laure.
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.
The truth no matter how hard it is to bear, must be accepted and confronted head on because it is real. Businesses and people who accept truth soar.
The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.
Don't be in temper, to leave so quickly, that I may be dying. But all too soon, the leaves and debris will gather elsewhere.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.
How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?
Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be.
Love powers my heart and color powers my soul.