Eyes that have never wept cannot comprehend sorrow.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

Your lack of fear is based on your ignorance.

So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.

Even Hitchcock liked to think of himself as a puppeteer who was manipulating the strings of his audience and making them jump. He liked to think he had that kind of control.

A man never knows what a fool he is until he hears himself imitated by one.

Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.

I can't promise my child a life without bias - we're all biased - but I promise to bias my child with multiple perspectives.

Those that vow the most are the least sincere.

Could an explosion in a printing shop produce a dictionary?

I’ve met a few fans from across the world who’ve had my name tattooed on them.

Mean people are no fun.