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“I've observed over and over that people seem to get a much deeper sense of fulfillment out of something they've done as an act of service than out of the things they do for themselves.”
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“The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism.”
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“A chaste generation would restore Paradise.”
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“Sometimes I think heaven must be one continuous unexhausted reading.”
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“When I tried to imagine being beautiful, I could only imagine living without the perpetual fear of being alone, without the great burden of isolation, which is what feeling ugly felt like.”
Source : Lucy Grealy (1994). “Autobiography of a Face”, p.188, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.”
Source : Paul Theroux (2011). “The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments from Lives on the Road”, p.18, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll stop working. I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: "Isn't that that Bening woman?”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“As wave is driven by wave And each, pursued, pursues the wave ahead, So time flies on and follows, flies, and follows, Always, for ever and new. What was before Is left behind; what never was is now; And every passing moment is renewed.”
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“You know when there's someone new on the rise and there's too much hype? I didn't want that to be me.”
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“I had taken some of my solo music into the record label. They didn't really care for the direction I was moving in and I found it really disheartening. They wanted a pop hit, which I understand in terms of making money. I get that. But what they were going to ask of me was something I wasn't prepared to deliver and I felt kind of trapped. I just stopped writing. I just stopped. It was stifling.”
