How are you, it wasn’t a courtesy, it was an existential question.
The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.
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.
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
Life is just a schoolroom with a glorious opportunity to prepare us for eternity.
art is risk made visible
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It's frozen. You can use it, then recycle it.
I have found so much beauty in the dark,as I have found a lot of horror in the light.
Do not be afraid of what should be afraid of you
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget; but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open...