"Rules of Civility" Quotes

New York had two great ingredients – money and time.

That’s the problem with the future. You can’t predict it.

Some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.

True sophistication is generally the result of an education.

The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you.

It’s the oldest story in the world. One day you’re seventeen and planning for someday. And then quietly and without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And that someday is yesterday. And this is your life.

The first rule is that you have to take chances; the second is that you must remember that you can’t get anywhere except by taking chances.

It’s easy to be enthusiastic when you’re young and it’s easy to be enthusiastic when you’re drunk. The hard part is being enthusiastic when you’re neither young nor drunk.

It was the kind of moon that I would want to send back to my ancestors and gift to my descendants so they know that I too, have been bruised… by beauty.

Life is a gift, and I try to respond with grace and courtesy.