A person can be big, because of spirit. A person can be big because of their position in the family, the hierarchy in the family. That role has been played by women who are quite thin.

There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.

You have to learn how to care about people without taking on all of their problems.

If I had known being insane was so much fun, I'd have gone crazy long ago.

I am just myself, and who I am is a lot.

How is it that you profess love for God but can't accept another human being?

We are told there is not enough money for education, but somehow there is enough money for people to raise billions of dollars to defeat somebody in an election? Oh! Okay! Does that make sense?

What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.

I believe the universe conspires to give you everything you desire.

The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself up about negative things.

Let's just say that the theater is not for the faint of heart.

No good deed goes unpunished.

Following the rules only takes you so far, sooner or later you have to forget them and play by your heart.

Some may say I'm perceptive" "And what would you say?" I ask, my voice edgy, tired of being toyed with. "I'd say I agree.

Art exists because life is not enough.

We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.

But if a few awake, you can't say there is no hope of destroying the iron house.

I punished myself and avoided my reflection in mirrors and any windows. I would see myself reflected back, and I would look away, trying to pretend I didn't exist, because I hated myself so much.

The writer gleans wind scraps; he listens wherever he can. Each day is full of instances; what counts, as with all stimuli, is the sympathetic response.

Being in love, rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. Being in love means seeing the Beloved all around me.

God hears a mother's prayer.