I was supposed to be powerless, and as a result they failed to see that I possessed claws.

We spend much of our lives going about completely blind to reality, and yet we still have the gall to act victimized when it invariably catches up to us.

Girls can fight with swords, too. Sometimes, even better than men can. They just have to want it badly enough that they're willing to work harder at it.

Knowing and doing are two separate things, and don't always sync up in life.

You think you're superior to the others, don't you? We'll you're not. In fact you're worse for mistaking basic human decency for moral superiority.

That's what I fear: being subtracted from myself. Negation. Forced against my will to become a beast.

Hatred is as easy as slipping on a well-worn woolen cloak. If only it provided the comfort of one.

You would do well to guard your tongue, lest it be stricken from you.

One doesn't need to be taught fear when one is the hunted.

You may have bought my body, you may even have the papers to prove it, but don't fool yourself into thinking for a moment that my heart and mind were included in the purchase.

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.

It has become much harder, in the past century, to tell where the garden leaves off and pure nature begins.

The tendency to trust easily anyone gives way to a certain vulnerability.

Good wins in the end because evil is a self-destructive, cannibalistic force that Inevitably engorges upon itself.

Faith is a kind of betting or speculation.

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.

I'm not thinking about my numbers. I'm just trying to do the best I can to help the team win.

I see you, Ben. I always have. You're in my pack." He pulled away. "What if being packmates isn't enough for me?

I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth.

I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being, as a citizen of the United States, as a half of the people in whose hands lies the destiny of this Nation.