The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.
I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.
Feet, why do I need them if I have wings to fly?
Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.