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

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

...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 was a talking lover, which most women hate.

The sky's gone blue: azure, the ocean bluer: cerulean, the trees are swirls of every hella freaking green on earth and bright thick eggy yellow is spilling over everything.

Come back with me, Aria. Be with me.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

Embrace what you have in common, celebrate what sets you apart.

There are words which cut like steel.

Express yourself through your art - whether it’s your drawings in a sketchpad, tattoos on your skin, the shade of your lipstick, or the clothes that you wear.

I think you have to really, really want to be a film star.

She's the kind you don't take home to mother.