Fondness is a poor substitute for friendship.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

It’s safer/ easier to follow the script and complain how broken some things are in that script, than to attempt to change those things.

You haven't failed until you stop trying.

Nature never repeats herself and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.

All work that is worth anything is done in faith.

Don't let anybody infiltrate your dream

I'm a lioness. I have four cubs. I'm a mom. I want to take care of my kids and protect them.

Great literature transcends its native land, but none that I know of ignores its soil.

People carry their secrets in hidden places, not on their faces. They carry suffering on their faces. Also bitterness if there’s room.

I love the community and the entertainment too much. I'm used to it - it's what I saw first.