Everything I have written is the result of reading or of interest in people.

As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Your thorns are the best part of you.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Originality is... a by-product of sincerity.

Camels are snobbish and sheep, unintelligent; water buffaloes, neurasthenic-- even murderous. Reindeer seem over-serious.

Omissions are not accidents.

The hands are the heart's messengers.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.

I've had a lot of mother figures. But by the time my mom came into my life, it wasn't a 'mommy' thing. It's more of an adult relationship.

Nothing lulls and inebriates like money; when you have a lot, the world seems a better place than it actually is.

The moment you realize you are not present, you are present.

Selfliss giving rounds the edges in spiritual practice. Many people can meditate very well but they're still very egotistical.

Every complex problem has a simple solution that doesn't work.

At one point, 'feminist' became a pejorative term. How did that happen? If you're a feminist, you're basically saying you're a humanist.

It's just that... without the memories it's all meaningless.

The fans may be surprised to know that during my freshman year at Oglethorpe, I waited on tables and never made an error, never dropped a tray nor broke a dish.

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.

Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.