I will laugh at the laughable while I breathe

The weight that hangs upon our eyelids - is of lead.

There is no slave, after all, like a wife...Poor women, poor slaves All married women, all children and girls who live in their father's house are slaves.

We are divorced, North from South, because we have hated each other so. If we could only separate politely, and not have a horrid fight for divorce.

I do not allow myself vain regrets or foreboding.

Of all our sorrows, memory is the worst.

I do not write often now - not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it?

Brutal men with unlimited power are the same all over the world

Richmond has fallen - and I have no heart to write about it... They are too many for us. Everything lost in Richmond, even our archives. Blue-black is our horizon.

Oh, if I could put some of my reckless spirit into these discreet cautious lazy men!

Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.

It is said that God is always on the side of the big battalions.

We would survive even ourselves, as long as we were together.

Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.

SNAP is a critical anti-hunger program that feeds millions of low income Americans, including children, veterans, and seniors who would not otherwise have the resources to buy groceries.

Genius has no brother.

When it comes to federal programs, even if states are discriminating, the federal government should not.

Larousse Gastronomique is a veritable dictionary of cooking terms for the French kitchen. If a chef were allowed only one book, this would have to be it.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

Twenty percent? What am I, your waiter? I got you five vampires, not a BLT.

Thom is one of those wonderful people to cook for because he absolutely loves it, just loves it. He loves to eat and drink and he'd be a great guest at any dinner party.