For Rome is sometimes cold and rainy in the winter in spite of all the naked statues.
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with what you have2 Try not to hurt other people3 Take more chances4 If you fail, keep trying
Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the fu...
I have had no contact with the Chinese government. I only work with journalists.
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.
Capability can handle challenges, it doesn't accept charity.
Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.
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...
Bellybuttons are our link with the past.
Why wait to forgive and let go only after you have sufficiently wallowed in your despair? Why not forgive and let go now?