All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience.

Out of our deepest memories come the forgotten forms of the past, given new life by the living sentience of an ancient and eternal forest.

All love is blind to reason, and maybe that's why some people are so strong.

Life was all about consequences

Living on Earth has always been a dangerous way to spend your time.

Skin heads are doing an awful job of promoting racism. You guys need to loosen up, and for god's sake would it kill you to smile.

By the time I got to record my first album, I was 26, I didn't need pen or paper - my memory had been trained just to listen to a song, think of the words, and lay them to tape.

[My book is] a collection of letters and essays about what it takes to be a young woman today. Mostly the taboo things that girls don't want to talk about, but once we do we realize we're not alone.

Throughout American history our presidents have invoked our nation's founding fathers. This is particularly true of recent presidents.

On the contrary, woman is the best equipped fighting machine that ever went to battle.

When she walked...she stretched out long and thin like a little tiger, and held her head high to look over the grass as if she were treading the jungle.

Things change in different countries as people grow, and as generations change.