I've been a schoolteacher. I always try to get the kids to finish talking before the next one starts

A priestess of Avalon does not lie. But I am cast out of Avalon, and for this, and unless it is all to be for nothing, I must lie, and lie well and quickly

To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom.

The Goddess does not shower her gifts on those who reject them.

Beware what you speak,' said the Merlin very softly, 'for indeed the words we speak make shadows of what is to come, and by speaking them we bring them to pass, my king.

Love is the only prayer I know.

I have called on the Goddess and found her within myself

There are ignorant priests and ignorant people, who are all too ready to cry sorcery if a woman is only a little wiser than they are!

The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.

A friend of ours has a hobby doing genealogy, and we found out that we were cousins in the ninth degree, that we had a common ancestor on the Mayflower.

Magic is a matter of focusing the disciplined will. But sometimes the will must be abandoned. The secret lies in knowing when to exercise control, and when to let go.

I start with a tingle, a kind of feeling of the story I will write. Then come the characters, and they take over, they make the story.

You don’t choose your purpose, you simply discover it.

Don’t see anything impossible! This simple philosophy will enable many things to be possible!

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

I have a weird vision of relationships because my parents have known each other since second grade, and they got married right out of college.

You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.

Without Warning Sometimes you're traveling a highway, the only road you've ever known, and wham! A semi comes from nowhere and rolls right over you.

A job should employ God-given talents in a way that glorifies Him.

The president doesn't have the authority to change the law or ignore the law, and that's what Obama tried to do.

I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend what I read.