“Extraordinary beauty can be a curse to the one who possesses it. one pays a dear price for fame and fortune”
“Every woman I had ever met who walked through the world appraised and classified by an extraordinary physicality had also received the keys to an unbearable solitude. It was the coefficient of their beauty, the price they had to pay.”
“The gods you do not pay are the ones that can curse you best.”
“The great have no friends, dear Blasco. It is the price they must pay for their greatness.”
“Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.”
“All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.”