Faint is the bliss, that never past thro' pain.

Oh! How many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.

We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman; scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.

Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended.

The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian domeOutlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it.

You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.

The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.

Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.

Losers must have leave to speak.

Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings of the sight? Oh, tell your poor blind boy!

Religion without reason is merely an illusion of religion – it is a mockery of religion, like it has become today.

I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy.

I bought a cactus. A week later it died. And I got depressed, because I thought, Damn. I am less nurturing than a desert.

Your life is supposed to feel good to you.

I had a lot of expectations placed on me because I was already having some success with my short stories. That was not a good situation to be in. That by itself took a long time to overcome.

If I didn't have that, fear and projections over what was coming next could have taken over. But it was tough. Don't think I was an angel. It was hell.

Forcing women in or near land combat will hurt recruiting, not help.

At the age of 19, you always think you are prepared for everything and you think you have the knowledge of what?s coming ahead.

... while I am Death's daughter and walk in His dark shadow, surely the darkness can give way to light sometimes.

YOU are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side,' said the dewdrop to the lake.