Don't be a fool for the Devil, darling.

And I realized that I’d tolerated him this long because of self-doubt.

The only power that exists is inside ourselves.

The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us.

Let the flesh instruct the mind.

I was a newborn vampire, weeping at the beauty of the night.

It was as if when I looked into his eyes I was standing alone on the edge of the world...on a windswept ocean beach. There was nothing but the soft roar of the waves.

As if the night had said to me, ‘You are the night and the night alone understands you and enfolds you in its arms’ One with the shadows. Without nightmare. An inexplicable peace.

How pathetic it is to describe these things which can't truly be described.

And he would listen, making only a few comments, always sympathetic, so that when I left him I had the distinct impression he had solved everything for me.

Then, are you master of us all? You didn't teach her that. Was she supposed to imbibe it from my quiet subservience?

Whatever my limited knowledge, I tried to make up for it with energy.

Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living. Talking is often a torment for me, and I need many days of silence to recover from the futility of words.

If a man can control his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal flesh and wearing animal products, I say he will really be liberated.

There is no better way of elevating the novel than by making it into a construct which contains ideas.

For Paul, the Holy Spirit was an experienced reality.

I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.

Rest. Heal. Sleep. I shall most likely kill you on the morrow.” “You? A Princess Bride quote?” I croaked. “What is that?” she asked.

I'm worried about everything at all times.

If, with the nation watching, three black women at three different levels can't get justice... for this community, you tell me where you're going to get it in our country.

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries.