I was a talking lover, which most women hate.

On the whole, we treat the Devil shamefully, and the worse we treat Him the more He laughs at us.

I was afraid and did not know what I feared, which is the worst kind of fear.

...so Leola thought that a modest romance with a hero in embryo could do no harm - might even be a patriotic duty.

But what I knew then was that nobody-not even my mother-was to be trusted in a strange world that showed very little of itself in the surface.

He [Jesus] had a terrible temper, you know, undoubtedly inherited from His Father.

I seemed to be the only person I knew without a plan that would put the world on its feet and wipe the tear from every eye. No wonder I felt like a stranger in my own land.

I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do.

How perfectly evil spirit and beauty can combine in one person, harmonically supplementing each other.

Working at something you don't care about is the very best way to waste your life.

Hillary Clinton talks about health care. Why didn't she do something about it? She talks about taxes. Why didn't she do something about it? She doesn't do anything about anything other than talk.

Iced tea is too pure and natural a creation not to have been invented as soon as tea, ice, and hot weather crossed paths.

Today you have to run faster to stay in place.

I like living in one room and have never known what people do with the room they are not in.

Most good things come with the risk of something bad.

God does not expect us to submit our faith to him without reason, but the very limits of our reason make faith a necessity.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.