"Some truths are seen better through tears."

“I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.”

“You know, I said in the U.N., I said to President Abbas, 'Look, we're in the same city, we're in the same building, for God's sake, the U.N. Let's just sit down and begin to talk peace.”

“No male writer is likely to be asked to sit on a panel addressing itself to the special problems of a male writer.”

“Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.”

“A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.”

“The common man wants nothing of life but health, longevity, amusement, comfort-“happiness.” He who does not despise this should turn his eyes from world history, for it contains nothing of the sort. The best that history has created is great suffering.”

Source : Oswald Spengler (1967). “Aphorisms”

“I love the freedom to do whatever I want with style and not be put into a box.”

Source : "Melanie Fiona Talks New Album, Whitney Houston And Starting Her Clothing Line". Interview with Julee Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2012.

“It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.”