A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

What if . . . What if I am stupid? Like people say?

I found it incredibly challenging to write clear prose that had the dynamism that I wanted.

Anticipation is the greater part of pleasure.

All other things being equal, greens break to the west.

We went sailing one time, and he wore a Speedo, and any smart woman should know that means bisexual at least.

Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.

It's wonderful that nothing you write is ever going to be as beautiful as what's in your head, because that gap is where the art can enter and begin to stretch its limbs.

Never let an old person live in your body.

When I was a 7-year-old girl, in my bedroom, on my karaoke machine, I would sing 'On My Own' or do a one-woman version of 'Les Miserables.'

Beware the beast, but enjoy the feast he offers.