All good art is political. Between the lines of every book, the author implants messages for the unsuspecting reader. If not, what point does it serve?

A beautiful woman is like a painting and remains beautiful no matter how old she is.

I am made of words. Cut me & I bleed sentences. Read me, & I speak to your soul.

One passion leads to another. It's passion that makes the wheels of life turn, passion for work, passion for pleasure, passion for passion.

If you add the shadow of death to a moment of passion you are in that instant free of all normal ties, your mind grows still and your body enters a state of non-being.

If you are open to change and welcome surprise, you know the secret of creativity and the secret of life.

You don't become a success by breaking the rules. You don't become a success by obeying the rules. You become a success by inventing the rules.

There was a monster in me that had to be fed by success. There is a monster in us all that has to be fed by something.

Depression comes from not accepting the way things are - and seeing no way too change them.

It is in the nest of disappointment where depression lays its eggs.

Little matters much and much doesn't matter at all.

I gather the last remnants of the evening’s breeze, so cool and lazy within my arms, feeling it curl up like a small and innocent kitten.

The fear of death is why we build cathedrals, have children, declare war, and watch cat videos online at three a.m.

I miss him so badly it hurts.

Practice creates more connections among the neurons, which push you a little further towards perfection.

DEATH COMES SLOWLY LIKE ANTS TO A FALLEN FIG

I didn’t want to want what I wanted. I wanted to want what He wanted for me.

And common is the commonplace, And vacant chaff well meant for grain.

Worst ideas? Me? Whatever do you mean? There are no bad ideas.

Ooo,” said Alexia, fascinated, “it shrinks back down again. The books didn't detail that occurrence.” The earl laughed. “You must show me these books of yours.

Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.