(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind

When all usefulness is over, when one is assured of an unavoidable and imminent death, it is the simplest of human rights to choose a quick and easy death in place of a slow and horrible one.

Life is a verb, not a noun.

We grovel and "worship" and pray to God to do what we ourselves ought to have done a thousand years ago, and can do now, as soon as we choose.

The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.

To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.

Love grows by service.

Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time.

A man's honor always seems to want to kill a woman to satisfy it.

If a woman is really injured by her marriage, she should sue under the employer liability act. She should claim damages--not alimony.

I used to lie awake as a child and get more entertainment and terror out of blank walls and plain furniture than most children could find in a toy-store.

Seemingly suicidal, it's not. I never wanted to live. I wanted to be happy. Living was always accidental.

Change the problem by changing your mind.

There may be ways in which we can work for change. We don't have to do dramatic things or devote our entire lives to it. We can lead normal lives but at the same time try hard not to be bystanders.

I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind

I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.

Paris is so very beautiful that it satisfies something in you that is always hungry in America.

Some people don't have a family to fall back on, like I have, and that's when something greater than even that comes in, and that's faith and that's what I have for me, that's what keeps me strong.

I try to have a mood or a rhythm for a chapter.

My guilty pleasure is elastic-waisted pants. And reruns of shows Ive already seen 400 times on TV.

I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are