I must be cruel only to be kind.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Courage is the will to act in the face of any fear.

When you forgive yourself, you free yourself from memories which aren’t serving you anymore.

I felt less like Cinderella and more like used drywall. Perpetually screwed.

In general, those who resort to mass murder on a collective scale always put forward the justification that they acted on behalf of the nation.

She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening. from "The Lady of the Haunted House

To avail yourself of His certain wisdom, ask of Him whatever questions you have. But do not entreat Him, for that will never be necessary.

I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience.

We must remember that one of the most insidious ways of keeping women and minorities powerless is to let them only talk about harmless and inconsequential subjects.

It is almost as presumptuous to think you can do nothing as to think you can do everything.

Follow your heart, whatever you do. You are placing your fate and our fate in the hands of men and women who are going to govern at national and provincial level.