I am the scroll of the poet behind which samurai swords are being sharpened.

Forgive your enemies, but first get even.

The Japanese say, if the flower is to be beautiful, it must be cultivated.

It's no good talking to a man with an apology for a brain.

What do you know what goes on inside a man's mind? Outside he may look like a gentleman, but inside ' e may 'ave the 'ankering for murder.

If you women continue to demand your choice to work, you will so upset the economy of this country that the time will come when you will not have a choice. You will have to work.

How readily our thoughts swarm upon a new object, lifting it a little way, as ants carry a blade of straw so feverishly, and then leave it.

You never know when you might be seeing someone for the last time.

I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.

If the Negroes are to remain forever removed from the producing atmosphere, and the present discrimination continues, there will be nothing left for them to do.

I don't lie; I improve on my life.

It is an impressive place that smells like the 1950s, when everyone wore starch white shirts and black slacks and perfect crewcuts and worked on massive industrial projects

Give me a little peace. A little? Why so modest? How about eternal peace? Now, there's a thought.

I kind of take Hilary as a role model because she started out at about the same age. She hadn't done much before starting her series, and I haven't either.

It was such a depressing time. I didn't look very depressed, maybe, but it was really dire. I made a conscious decision not to stop, but it could have gone the other way.