Also, somehow, there doesn't seem to be any old-fashioned gender roles in place, or any gender roles at all. The priest who condemned me to the mob was a woman. I'll cheer for equality later.

But grief changes. It softens, adapts its shape to become a part of you. That kind of sorrow never gets any lighter, but you grow accustomed to the weight as you carry it on.

Thy dark eyes beckon me into the darkest nether world of dark galaxies and darker supernovas. Forever in darkness, I know no light! Thy darkness my dark-light!

I believe that our vote is both a public duty and a sacred trust.

I'm married - I've caught my limit.

If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?

I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.

Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being.

A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well. [Lat., Mulieri nimio male facere melius est onus, quam bene.]

Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.

You can only avoid responsibility for so long. The catalyst ended up being the law coming down and finally saying, 'You guys suspended judgement and that's fine, because we're not.

It's the playoffs. You find a way to get through.