"A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation."

"In the quiet sanctuary of self-reflection, the soul finds its rhythm. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution."

"When you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof."

"I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me."

"I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I always played the mom and I played my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house."

"The Royal Family are not like you and me. They live in houses so big that you can walk round all day and never need to meet your spouse. The Queen and Prince Philip have never shared a bedroom in their lives. They don't even have breakfast together."