I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be (among other things) both sensual and maternal.

The gate is narrow but not the life. The gate opens out into largeness of life.

But you will find yourself disarmed utterly, and your accusing spirit transformed into loving forgiveness the moment you remember that you did, in fact, marry only a sinner, and so did he.

What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the Serpents offer and had said to him instead, "Let me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be -- let me be a woman?

In wine, there's truth.

It may help us, in those times of trouble, to remember that love is not only about relationship, it is also an affair of the soul.

When I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool's sandwich, which had a dead goldfish in it.

A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.

Ghosts don't scare me. Flesh and blood people do.

Happiness is found principally in meditation.

I always come across sounding like I hate my children. I actually love them very much.

The truth is black celebrities are not as sought after in the press as white celebrities, and that is comforting.

My diary entries allow me to keep track of all the things I would like to change about my life.

I find it really disturbing to be watching a lot of the medium that I'm trying to work in. I prefer to be doing things that are farther away.