Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.

Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors.

We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

Women's rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all people should enjoy.

If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be Citizens United. I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing — to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience.

The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.

Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.

A girl who truly knows herself is a girl that everybody else wants to know.

You can do anything your heart can imagine.

If I defer the grief I will diminish the gift.

In The Interestings I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.

One should not seek those who do not wish to be found.

The best advice I can give is to ignore advice. Life is too short to be distracted by the opinions of others.

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.

Nuclear war would mean abolition of most comforts, and disruption of normal routines, for children and adults alike.

A man who couldn't make things go right could at least go. He could quit trying to get out of the way of life. Chuck routine. Live the real jeopardy of circumstance. It was a question of dignity.