I just didn't know how much of this I was capable of. How far this - whatever it was - would actually go before old fears overshadowed the warmth.

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.

I wonder who had the first computer dream, where, and when? I wonder if computers ever dream of humans.

I don't welcome leaks. There's a reason why these programs are classified.

To extract the fullest flavor of our drinking house, we needed to spend serious evening time there, slowly coming to know the bartender and the regulars, their joys and sorrows.

I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.

The only thing I like about being an actress is acting.

It's a pity people pick and choose what they learn from the Bible.

Since integration is so slow, and the white man knows the problem must be solved, the only thing that he can do tomorrow is, is separate, because we're already separated.

What we give to the poor, we lend to the Lord.

These violent delights have violent ends And in their triump die, like fire and powder Which, as they kiss, consume

It's just as difficult to reach a destination you don't have, as it is to come back from a place you've never been.