It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence. - Stefan Zweig

The union of opposites, in so far as they are really complementary, always results in the most perfect harmony; and the seemingly incongruous is often the most natural.

The dressmaker doesn't have problems unless the dress has to hide rather than reveal.

Confidences are always risky: a secret entrusted to a stranger make him less of one. You've given away something of yourself, given him the advantage.