That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.

One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress.

Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners.

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess.

Make your lives a masterpiece, you only get one canvas.

Once again...welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.

When you're happy you find pure joy in your life. There are no regrets in this state of happiness - and that's a goal worth striving for in all areas of your life.

Oh, they're hopeless, a disgrace to the forces of evil.

The most sacred thing is to be able to shut your own door.

Hello you :)

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.

Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

It is a dark, dark world. If you're going to be in a dark world, I can't think of any better one to be in. I still think I'm very lucky to be in it.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.

It's all about books and sugar, essences and vegetable oils.

excuse my second i-have-no-idea- what-i-do face xD

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

Earlier, watching her apply mascara with ritual concentration, he'd wondered just how beautiful a woman had to be before she believed it.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.

Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.