But I also meant that loving someone really opening your heart to them is just asking to have your heart smashed and handed back to you in little pieces.

There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose.

Everything is fine and bright. Day must follow every night. My power keeps me safe from harm. The Goddess holds me in her arms.

The Goddess teaches us that every ending is also a beginning. May there be rebirth from this death.

Men are natural warriors, but a woman in battle is truly bloodthirsty

No matter how dark you are, no matter what you think your heritage is or how inevitable your fall is, you can always make a choice in the next second to be different.

Women are impossible, witches are worse, and women who are powerful witches are going to be the death of me.

Fire is a fragile lover, court her well, neglect her not; her faith is like a misty smoke, her anger is destructive hot.

I should have known the power-hungry slave drivers at River's Edge would see my five days of freedom only as a challenge to be filled.

I held a nail in place and slammed it with the hammer. Best. Chore. Ever.

What would it be like to care so little about what other people thought of you?

Simple the life, simpler will be your instincts, the laws that govern universe will obey your simplicity.

There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by.

Loving you is a full-time job. It's a great job, don't get me wrong. It's the best job in the universe. But it's not easy.

I don't think I can remember a moment in my life where people didn't discuss politics. People discuss politics at the table.

Well-meant ignorance is a grievous calamity in high places.

In clothes clean and fresh there is a kind of youth with which age should surround itself.

It's better to be angry without paying for gold than to be angry after you paid.

If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.

80% of the results come from 20% of the causes. A few things are important; most are not.

I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game.