“Hope is a psychological mechanism unaffected by external realities.”

“People don't want other people to be people.”

“Time turns our lies into truths.”

“Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real.”

“We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges.”

“There is no magic. There is only knowledge, more or less hidden.”

“No matter what gifts you have, practice is the only way to get better at anything."If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery it would not seem so wonderful at all - Michael Angelo”

“You're gorgeous, you old hag, and if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of confidence. Either that or a scented candle”

“Time is a precious gift.”

“Merit is better than miracles.”