God washes the eyes by tears unil they can behold the invisible land where tears shall come no more.

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.

Holy freak show!

...the safest way of ensuring that secret information did not leak was not to tell anybody about it.

If human help fails, God will never forsake thee.

When I am playing, I am in ecstasy; that is what I live for.

There are many vices which are not believed because of their magnitude.

I try to be true to the characters that I've created and sometimes I disagree with them, but their opinions about the story and the characters really matter to me.

There is no higher form of artistic expression then film

I'm interested in social commentary.

I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal.