I could stare at you for a lifetime. It would never grow old." "Even when I'm old?" "Even then.

You're a quiet, beautiful woman in a loud, ugly place. An orchid among weeds. You define obvious.

The first river you paddle runs through the rest of your life. It bubbles up in pools and eddies to remind you who you are.

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

The greatest threat to the constitutional right to vote is voter fraud.

I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.

I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.

And I would urge all women to have that regular mammogram.

Height has nothing to do with it, it is your strength that counts.

For the girls with messy hair and thirsty hearts.

When people say, "It can't be done," or "You don't have what it takes," it makes the task all the more interesting.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

The normal make a living. The deranged make history.

I've had two children. I've had three boyfriends. I've had a lot of things happen that can change your opinions and values and philosophies.

The world order which we seek is the co-operation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society.

I think the one thing humans are is language wizards.

Bill Bennett really became an idol for me. I listened to him every morning from 6 to 9 for, oh, years.

A wise man once said that any human being is capable of infinite achievement, so long as it’s not the work they’re supposed to be doing.

When you catch an adjective, kill it - perhaps the best possible advice for budding writers.

For a moment Jack felt the strongest inclination to snatch up his little gilt chair and beat the white-faced man down with it.

Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness.