Dear Lord, ” she said in a strangled whisper. “I can bear it for a while...but please don't let it hurt forever.

When I remove the layers that say I can’t, I discover a burning ember that says I should, I can, and I will.

A new report shows that, in Virginia, gun violence has fallen as the sale of firearms has soared to a new record. In other news, a recent study shows that most criminals don't like getting shot at.

Probably everything we do is a publicity stunt ... we are not here to gather members, to please, to placate, to make friends. We're here to hold the radical line.

I had to get really clear about what was meaningful & what wasn't, who I was & who I wasn't & who I wasn't going to be anymore.

My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them.

Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy.

It holds no fear for her now, because the shark has been tamed by the soul of a boy. No--the soul of a man.

There was an old abbot in one temple and he said something of which I think often and it was this, that when men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place.

The longer you're with the wrong person, you could be completely overlooking the chance to meet the right person.

For bees are captious folk / And quick to turn against the lubber's touch.