I think one of the most radical things a girl can do is to own her body. And we learn so young not to own these bodies of ours.

I am too many flavors for one f***ing spoon. I want to erase the lines so I can be me. If we do not speak, who will?

Hungry people make the best revolutionaries. Because when you're hungry, it's easy to get angry about things that aren't right.

Man craves joy far more than anything else in life, but there is nothing as madly intoxicating as the feeling of joy that comes from the soul.

She was arriving at a revelation that the secret to living was simply forgetting

What you allow inside of you will settle there unless you find an effective way to work it out.

The vast world rainless, one may bid adieuTo charity and penance.

The secret of staying young is to live honestly eat slowly and lie about your age.

The heart says yes, but the mind says no.

Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution center for Bibles in many languages.

I have a tendency sometimes to get too logical with what I'm writing, just because I want it to be kind of perfect.

My grandfather went through a lot in his life.

It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.