You and me Bess, we were as thick as thieves

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

- Anais Nin

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.

- Margot Fonteyn

Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes.

- Josephine Baker

A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future.

- Coco Chanel

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

- Lydia M. Child

 

Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.

- Gabriele D'Annunzio

 

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.

- Stephen Grellet

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

- Albert Camus

Down where I darn with the milk-eyed mender, you and I and a love so tender

-Joanna Newsom