If it is a woman's function to give, she must be replenished, too.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself.

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary line and adding to one's liberty.

I have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe.

True beauty is not in your face or in your dress but in your dignity.

A politician is worse than the arsonist, for he lights the fire and then vows if elected he will supply more fire trucks.

There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner.

The Father to whom we pray is the glorious God who created worlds through His Beloved Son.

We do not want actions, but men; not a chemical drop of water, but rain; the spirit that sheds and showers actions, countless, endless actions.

I was a good student, sort of funny and athletic. I had friends.

When it's time for the revolution, I'm a click, click, click.