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What Rizzoli thought, staring at her own image, was that she hated Elizabeth Hurley for giving women false hope. The brutal truth was, there are some women who will never be beautiful, and Rizzoli was one of them.

Tess Gerritsen (2015). “The Rizzoli & Isles Series 11-Book Bundle: The Surgeon, The Apprentice, The Sinner, Body Double, Vanish, The Mephisto Club, The Keepsake, Ice Cold, The Silent Girl, Last to Die, Die Again”, p.140, Ballantine Books

A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.

St. Teresa of Avila (1921). “The Interior Castle, or the Mansions”, p.18, Library of Alexandria

Lord, how you afflict your lovers! But everything is small in comparison to what you give them afterwards.

Saint Teresa (of Avila), Kieran Kavanaugh (2006). “Saint Teresa of Avila for Every Day: Reflections from the Interior Castle”, p.38, Paulist Press

They chatter together like birds on Cypress Hill, but all they say is 'Live, live, live, live, live!' It's all they've learned, it's the only advice they can give.

Tennessee Williams, Mel Gussow, Kenneth Holdich (2000). “Plays: 1957-1980: Orpheus descending. Suddenly last summer. Sweet bird of youth. Period of adjustment. The night of the iguana. The eccentricities of a nightingale. The milk train doesn't stop here anymore. The mutilated. Kingdom of earth (The seven descents of Myrtle). Small craft warnings. Out cry. Vieux Carré. A lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur”, Hubsta Ltd

I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

"Art beat: Takeshi Kitano takes over Paris" by Takeshi Kitano, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2010.

The sun gives you ulcers, the wind gives you T.B. Once you were beautiful.

Sylvia Plath (2010). “Winter Trees”, p.25, Faber & Faber