I do not know the word 'quit'. Either I never did, or I have abolished it.

I do not know the word 'quit.' Either I never did, or I have abolished it.

I was very aware that I was a woman and that the Iditarod was a big thing for women, but I didn't want to be given any special treatment. I just wanted to be viewed as a musher.

I care for my dogs as if my life depended on them. And oftentimes it does.

Dogs have a lot to communicate to a person willing to listen.

A friend of mine said, 'Leukemia hasn't met Susan Butcher yet,' and I agree with her. It's going to have to fight awful hard if it wants to take me.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

Fear doesn't gain respect. It just makes people do what you want to shut you up and get you away from them.

We can plant to suit the needs of the birds and other wildlife that find a haven and a habitat on our home ground, and we can understand that to do so is a moral dictate, not a personal whim.

I'm going to do whatever I have to do to help a New Yorker, whether it's a girl on the street or a tenant in a housing development.

being with people makes me vomit. I don't like em. I never did.

But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on.

To find a script that works with provocative ideas is hard to find.

Alec rolled beautiful brown eyes. "No fair playing the death card." "No fair having it to play.

I don't have any nicknames.

There should be some kind of radar that lets you know when your soul mate is nearby.