Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran no matter how benign their intentions present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west.

It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes no matter how much happiness they may find there.

The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.

The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression all the time that I lived there that they do not want to be happy they want to be right.

Everyone has their own way of expressing happiness.

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger else it must be pressed small like Chinese feet her happiness is to be made as cakes are by a fixed recipe.

I start to think there really is no cure for depression that happiness is an ongoing battle and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.

Nobody I think ought to read poetry or look at pictures or statues who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.

To me acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves in this great need we all have to express ourselves.

I do have my ducks in line if I want to do it but I'd love to see the Republicans pick somebody that was going to win and take over this country and frankly to use the expression 'Make America great again.'