The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. – Thomas Merton
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
I dont have a bad relationship. Im 48 years old. I think life is too short for that. To me, life is… you open the shutters, you see the dogs outside, you look left, you look right, in, what, a second and a half? And thats a life. – Jean Claude Van Damme
Its very hard for a woman in comedy. Its hard for women to be bold and not care what anyone, particularly men, think. Maybe that is why so many women comics are lesbians. – Margaret Cho