Eleanor Roosevelt

Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.

If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.

You can never really live anyone else’s life, not even your child’s. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you’ve become yourself.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

It’s your life-but only if you make it so.

I never felt I was too protective. I felt I was functioning as a dam against the river of sh*t that comes pouring down on artists, and it was a job that I took very seriously.

Sometimes if you’re lucky, someone comes into your life who’ll take up a place in your heart that no one else can fill, someone who’s tighter than a twin, more with you than your own shadow, who gets deeper under your skin than your own blood and bones

Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you’re not going to get anywhere.

I don’t think members of the royal family sign prenuptial agreements

Relationships are truly like a garden, if you tend it, water it, weed it and feed it, it will grow into a beautiful garden. If you only go out there every few weeks to look it over for a few moments, what do you think it’s going to look like in a few months? It’s going to be a weed patch. It will disappear.

I love my husband, but my girlfriends are my sanity.

It’s like in golf… A lot of people – I don’t want this to sound trivial – but a lot of people are switching to these really long putters, very unattractive… it’s weird. You see these great players with these really long putters, because they can’t sink three-footers anymore. And, I hate it. I am a traditionalist. I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I am a traditionalist.

I wasn’t looking to be gay. I was quite upset when I discovered that was part of my life. I wished it would go away. But you can’t change who you are. And I tried to fight it in the beginning. And then I had a cancer scare in the mid-70’s. And that turned out to be a mistake, and I thought, ‘Life is too short.’

Take it from a guy: If you’re in love with somebody, you will swim the stream, you will climb the mountain, you will slay the dragon. You’re going to get to her somehow, some way.

There’s a big difference between falling in love and being in love. There’s a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Dear Ladies: You should never need to prove to other women that he’s in love with you. That’s his job.

[a metaphor for the end of her marriage] The process of divorce is about loading a blanket, throwing it up, watching it all spin, and worrying what stuff will break when it lands.

My boyfriend and I live together, which means we don’t have sex-ever. Now that the milk is free, we’ve both become lactose intolerant.

It’s very easy for me to thank everyone for the incredible contribution they’ve made to my life.