There’s only one sort of natural blonde on earth – albinos.
A strong man doesn’t have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn’t match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.
You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.
I would have told her then she was the only thing that I could love in this dying world but the simple word “love” itself already died and went away.
It’s better for the whole world to know you, even as a sex star, than never to be known at all.
I wanted to ask a thousand questions, but there was no one to ask. Besides I knew that people only told lies to children-lies about everything from soup to Santa Claus.
People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn’t see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one.
But chiefly, no lies! No lies about there being a Santa Claus or about the world being full of noble and honorable people all eager to help each other and do good to each other. I’ll tell her there are honor and goodness in the world, the same as there are diamonds and radium.
I believe this: You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and goddamn it, you refuse to let it get to you. you fight. you cry. You curse. Then you go about your business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius.
They will only care when you’re gone.
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
No girl should ever forget that she doesn’t need anyone who doesn’t need her.
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.
I’ve been on a calendar, but I’ve never been on time.
I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.
Don’t stop when you’re tired; stop when you’re done.
I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am pretty, but not beautiful. I have friends, but I am not the peacemaker.
A smart girl is one who knows how to play tennis, golf, piano – and dumb.
Maybe I’ll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope.