When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. – Barbara Bloom
My veins are filled, once a week with a Neapolitan carpet cleaner distilled from the Adriatic and I am as bald as an egg. However I still get around and am mean to cats. – John Cheever, letter to Philip Roth, 10 May 1982, published in The Letters of Jo
We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life. We need to stop apologizing for wanting to protect an individuals right to build a business. – Rick Perry
I havent had an orthodox career, and Ive wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didnt feel it, but this time I feel it, and I cant deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me! – Sally Field