Betrayal betrays the betrayer.

I look forward and see myself look back.

In loving life you love what can't survive.

There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.

Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.

Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.

The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.

The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.

Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.

Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without it.

Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.

Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.

Conflict is the soul of literature.

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

Courage is the only Magic worth having.

Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.

As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.

Take your life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.