I had killed a big snake. I was now a big fellow.

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

Success is never so interesting as struggle

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.

It takes a great deal of experience to become natural.

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

The end is nothing; the road is all.

Happiness is not about what you have but what you can do without.

Brace for the worst, hope for the best

Writing's a lot like cooking. Sometimes the cake won't rise, no matter what you do, and every now and again the cake tastes better than you ever could have dreamed it would.

You're better than this. Better than whatever it is you're going to do now.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

There's nothing worse, I guess, than being black in an all-white church or being southern and being a liberal.

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.

A State would be happy where philosophers were kings, or kings philosophers.

Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.

A beautifully-designed coat that drapes magnificently on the female form.