A pedestal is the most insidious prison ever devised.

Unwinds didn't go out with a bang-they didn't even go out with a whimper. they went out with the silence of a candle flame pinched between two fingers.

The Bill of Life was signed, the Unwind Accord went into effect, and the war was over. Everyone was so happy to end the war, no one cared about the consequences

Fight, flight, and screw up royaly.

Small victories are bet­ter than none.

I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.

(Why did they call them sneakers if it was so hard to sneak in them?)

People would cheer throw confetti and then go about breaking the resolutions they had made only moments before.

I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.

It's called loitering, which is like littering with human beings as the trash.

You + Mesaw this...AMERICAThank you for finding America with me

It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron.

I've always been so apathetic. I figured, OK, maybe the world is going to fall down around me. Now I want to make a better world... that's motherhood.

Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.

The faithful will know that every tear today will eventually be returned a hundredfold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude.

Know that the outward form passes away, but the world of reality remains forever. How long will you play at loving the shape of the jug? Leave the jug; go, seek the water!

To preserve my brains I want food and this is now my first consideration. Any sympathetic letter from you will be helpful to me here to get a scholarship.

Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.