For the first time, but certainly not the last, I began to believe that Arsenal's moods and fortunes somehow reflected my own

I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.

[H]ow was I supposed to get excited about the oppression of females if they couldn't be trusted to stay upright during the final minutes of a desperately close promotion campaign?

Becky Renee Apple - can you believe her mom named her that and then had all of her sweaters monogramed with 'BRA'?

In America, disagreement with the policies of the government does not necessitate a lack of patriotism!

I do not have many things that are meaningful to me. Except my doubts and my fears. And my art.

The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.

Time is the warp and matter the weft of the woven texture of beauty in space, and death is the hurling shuttle.

As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.

Hope. Nothing is more intoxicating.

When you do not have the basic requirements for survival and safety and belongingness and where there are huge inequities then fear turns into hatred.

Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.

I am very happy Because I have conquered myself And not the world. I am very happy Because I have loved the world And not myself.