"Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?" — James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, born 1924
"To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread." — James Baldwin, American novelist, born 1924
"A woman has no need to be perfect or even beautiful to wear my dresses. The dress will do all that for her." — Cristobal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, born 1895
"The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." — Lucille Ball, American comedienne, born 1911
"I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done." — Lucille Ball, American comedienne, born 1911
"Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead." — Lucille Ball, American comedienne, born 1911
"I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways." — Lucille Ball, American comedienne, born 1911
"Dancing keeps me sane in an insane world; no grudges, no sadness, no malice, it's all love." — Paul Bamikole, American pastor
"Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them." — Antonio Bander, Spanish-American actor, born 1960
"I remember in 'Law of Desire,' where I played a homosexual, that people were more upset that I kissed a man on the mouth than I killed a man. It's interesting to see how people can pardon you for murdering a man, but they can't pardon you for kissing one." — Antonio Banderas, Spanish-American actor, born 1960
"To Alef, the letter, that begins the alphabets of both Arabic and Hebrew–two Semitic languages, sisters for centuries. May we find the language that takes us to the only home there is – one another's hearts. Alef knows that a thread of a story stitches together a wound." — Ibtisam Barakat, Palestinian-American poet, born 1963
"When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love of my life." — Brigitte Bardot, French actress, born 1934