Dorothy Dunnett Quote

It was an emergency!" Seth blurted. "Read my lips - emergency reading - not some demented idea of fun. If I was starving, I would eat asparagus. If somebody held a gun to my head, I would watch a soap...

To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is s...

If your success is not amazing to your critics, it disturbs, infuriates, and frustrates them, and if they're not careful; may go hang themselves and go to hell.

Some days are better than others. The same can be said about people.

Be the girl you want your daughter to be. Be the girl you want your son to date. Be classy, be smart, be real, but most importantly be nice.

Every corner and room of a house will carry memories, make these the most pleasurable times you shared with your family.

Embrace contradictions for they make upall of life:You will eternally be looking for yourself andseeking ways to lose yourself.

The elegance under pressure is the result of fearlessness.

Any foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.