"To hear Alice Keppel talk about her escape from France, one would think she had swum the Channel, with her maid between her teeth."

“There is no way out of the experience except through it, because it is not really your experience at all but the baby's. Your body is the child's instrument of birth.”

Source : Penelope Leach (1989). “Your Baby & Child: From Birth to Age Five”, Alfred A. Knopf

“We have a normal. As you move outside of your comfort zone, what was once the unknown and frightening becomes your new normal.”

“The West doesn't have to love us. In fact, we should ask ourselves more often why people are so suspicious of us. After all, the West isn't a charity organization. How have we been perceived for centuries? As a huge, warlike realm ruled by despots - first by the czars and then Bolsheviks. Why should anyone have loved us? If we want to be accepted, we have to do something in return. And it's an art that we have yet to master.”

“Whatever creative success I gained was due to my belief that creative power can be stepped up by effort, and that there are ways in which we can guide our creative thinking.”

Source : Alex Faickney Osborn (1948). “Your Creative Power: How to Use Imagination”

“The biggest financial pitfall in life is divorce. And the biggest reason for divorce is marriage.”

“Hats are like a halo of happiness,”

“Focus on the princess, not on the problem. You can't marry the princess without killing the dragon. So when you see the dragon, just remember: There's a princess on the other side.”

“The fans have been great with me. I think they appreciate that I don't take an at-bat off.”