If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her; if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the chase, and the approbation of my dog would forsake me.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.

We turn not older with years but newer every day.

I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.

If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.

I must go in, the fog is rising.

A good roommate may be the single most important thing to have when one is away at school.

Bring me the sunset in a cup.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

That's it, cupcake. You're going down.

I teach not by feeding the mind with data but by kindling the mind.

Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that you use to pay bills at and eat at. It's going to be nice to have actual space.

If there are people who yearn for the days when Saddam Hussein was in power, then I am not among them.

He who has lost only those of whose faith and truth he is sure, has not yet reached the depth of human desolation.

I don't know where [Obama is from] I don't think he's from where they issue birth certificates – I think he's from Hell.

When violence against women is no longer societally accepted, no longer kept secret; when everyone understands that even one case is too many. That's when it will change.

I have always kept notebooks and I go back to them over and over. They are my compost pile of ideas.

As soon as I ended up being incarcerated, I said, you know, this is not the life for me.

I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.