Merilyn Monroe is probably the greatest example of how fame and money can destroy your personal space and peace of mind. Even though Monroe is considered to be one of the most popular legends of all time, her final years were noted for personal problems and illness. Died at the age of 36, Monroe became unreliable and difficult to have a working relation with.

Her death was due to a drug overdose. People were speculating for long on the circumstances which might have caused her death. Officially, it was announced that she had probably committed suicide; it could have been an accident. It could have been a murder as well.

Besides being an eternal sex symbol, Monroe probably was a loner on her own. She was mature enough to learn from her mistakes. She was adventurous enough to commit them again. Life made her grow up before time. That was why such intense quotes could come out of her mouth at such a tender age.

Here are some of her quotes:

"I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful."

"I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy."

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."

"Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them."

"I've never dropped anyone I believed in."

"I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one."

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul."

"A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night."

The quotes show maturity, a sense of pain inside and also an unsaturated lust for life. She probably was never satisfied to be a career woman. Her immense popularity probably was not what she asked for in life. She may have died due to the most dangerous disease in the world: lack of love.