I shall listen to my heart and it shall save me. I shall listen to my heart and I’ll be free.

Sarcasm is the language of people whose emotions are dying.

In our lifetimes, we can only know a small portion of what exists. The world is endless and its treasures are inexhaustible.

I surrender to the Monster. What pleasure at last to give way to the strongest force in oneself.

Lo, each subculture has its own language, and verily I am not a parody. You don’t believe me? Get with the program, crackpot!

As a man I’d been a cool customer. As a woman I was a hot tamale.

No wonder women don't negotiate as often as men. It's like trying to cross a minefield backward in high heels.

Whatever you are, whatever gifts you end up getting, you’ll find that time will make those changes less scary as well.

Winning a rowing race is not like winning anything else. Here's my theory: you're facing backwards, so you're looking at the people you're beating--and there's something exquisite about that.

The voices blend and fuse in clouded silence: silence that is infinite of space: and swiftly, silently the sound is wafted over regions of cycles of cycles of generations that have lived.

A room? A nice room? A beautiful room? A beautiful room with bath? Swing high, swing low, swing to and fro...This happened and that happened... And then the days came and I was alone.

There were times, however, when a man had to make a strategic retreat to win the game.

I've had soccer moms come up and tell me they can relate when I say that I want to throw my baby in the trash.

Perseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen.

I love change, I need it.

Perhaps the most important vision of all is develop a sense of self, a sense of your own destiny, a sense of unique mission and role in life.