Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.

Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!' he said. 'It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles. By God! Mr. Linton, I'm mortally sorry that you are not worth knocking down!

I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

I will walk where my own nature would be leading.

No coward soul is mine.

I'm wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there; not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart; but really with it, and in it.

Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.

I shall smile when wreaths of snow Blossom where the rose should grow.

Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he's a terrific actor.

American comedies about Asians have never been funny to me. That always kind of pissed me off.

Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.

Of course it's super special to create your own records; it really is a part of my self.

Our age is one of guided missiles and unguided men.

It's not the falling down that counts. It's the getting up.

So many characters are governed by the consequences of their actions, and I wanted to have a character who is the exact opposite.

Lord, make me see thy glory in every place.

You're a beautiful drunk, daughter. But you're a drunk.

I tend to only be able to obsess about one thing at once, and become fully engaged in and only interested in that thing. But in the longer term, a lot of my stories also give birth to other stories.