I am isolated. I sit in a glass ball, I see people through a glass wall. I scream, but they do not hear me.- Ellen West

The strongest force in our universe is not overriding power, but love.

When you are in psychological distress and someone really hears you without passing judgement on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn good!

I regret it when I suppress my feelings too long and they burst forth in ways that are distorted or attacking or hurtful.

The intolerant "true believer" is a menace to any field, yet I suspect each one of us finds traces of that person in ourself.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance

That's why you can't give up. Heroes don't give up.

All my fans tell me what a glamorous life I have, but I tell them how hard I work and how many nights I spend alone with my dogs, eating chicken pot pie in my bedroom.

Love wills the good of all and never wills harm or evil to any

I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through.

My valentine is always my dad.

Mathematics is the science of patterns, and nature exploits just about every pattern that there is.

God promised by the mouth of Isaiah that queens should be the nursing mothers of the church.

No one promised you there would be universal justice.

I don't think anybody really thinks that one should get rid of the World Bank. Reform is one thing, but getting rid of it I think would be wrong.