I love the physical thing of being on the earth that bore you. I have the same feeling when I walk in a very beautiful place that I have when I play and it goes right.

Playing lifts you out of yourself into a delirious place.

The intense perfumes of the wild herbs as we trod them underfoot made us feel almost drunk.

Do not neglect secret prayer, for it is the soul of religion.

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

I needed to get out and my roomies had both left me for the night so I followed the pretty one here.” Did Marcus just call me pretty?

You are perfectly imperfect.

My generation of young female writers discovered that we could dictate the form and content of our own fiction.

Men use care in purchasing a horse, and are neglectful in choosing friends.

We ought to observe that practice which is the hardest of all - especially for young physicians - we ought to throw in no medicine at all - to abstain - to observe a wise and masterly inactivity.

I consider myself conscious of how we're treated, and sometimes I can be a feminist.

I stare at him coldly. "I do not care for needlework." I pause. "Unless it involves the base of the skull.

Anger is always - always - fear in disguise.