"Don't forget that love is all you came here for, not anything less. Need I say more?" — Brett Dennen, American folk singer, born 1979
"A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a young person sees." — Tomie dePaola, American illustrator, born 1934
"There are four questions of value in life. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love." — Johnny Depp, American actor, born 1963
"Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping." — Bo Derek, American actress, born 1956
"I grew up on the beaches, and I always found it kind of funny that it's considered decent if you cover three tiny spots with pieces of fabric." — Bo Derek, American actress, born 1956
"It is not morbidity which draws crowds to scenes of disaster or unusual joy. It is the desire to participate in a moment when life breaks through to some higher level of intensity so that one's own life might take fire from that sudden spurted flame." — Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, born 1917
"I can doubt everything, except one thing, and that is the very fact that I doubt. Simply put - I think, therefore I am." — Rene Descartes, French philosopher, born 1596
"Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow." — Rene Descartes, French philosopher, born 1596
"An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?" — Rene Descartes, French philosopher, born 1596
"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." — Rene Descartes, French philosopher, born 1596
"Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems." — Rene Descartes, French philosopher, born 1596
"A truly submissive woman is to be treasured, cherished and protected for it is only she who can give a man the gift of dominance." — Anne Desclos, French journalist, born 1907
"Lovers and mystics are familiar with this sense of grandeur, this taste of joy - in abandoning oneself to the will of others." — Anne Desclos, French journalist, born 1907