If we truly seek diversity in fiction, we have to let the needs of others come before our need to define ourselves as social justice allies.

The belief that a person can and should only feel grief over one sad event at a time is a truly disturbing estimate of our emotional capacity.

As white authors, bloggers, and readers, we must stop promoting diversity as a business opportunity or a chance to buy ally points with our disposable income.

Movies like 'The Interview' and 'Team America: World Police' don't often show the realities of life in North Korea and the human rights violations perpetrated by the government there.

If you're afraid of something, face it. Fear is irrational. The only way to conquer your fear is to stand next to it.

Because Melissa McCarthy actually is a fat woman, she isnt allowed to make brash statements about body acceptance. She has to apologize for her body.

The attitude of, I will never self-publish, coming from any author, indicates that they have never been in a position where it is their only option.

Occasionally, the horrors of life in North Korea do show up in our American satire.

Its far easier to brush off death if the death in question seems impossible or improbable as a personal threat.

I am sorry the only outlet for her troubled mind was in clumsy foreplay with an inadequate partner." He threw the rest of her sandwich at the swinging door as she passed through it.

I'm sorry I'm not more cultured. I'll watch PBS. And cut people open for fun. Will that be better? Will you be less embarrassed to be my fledgling then?

Success attracts success to build strong partnerships for more successful ventures whilst failure attracts failure to have more pity parties.

Life is ephemeral like the journey of a dew drop. We must not forget to glitter.

I can't deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you.

Unused power was like a marionette with visible strings, nobody holding them. A compelling attraction: I could make it dance.

A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.

Follow your heart because it always knows.

Fools take criticism and dish it back. The wise take it and turn it to their advantage.

In the mountains of wisdom no climbing is in vain.

Listen to your heart. It knows everything.

I have a quite feeling of pity for all those who don't know chess; almost like I am sorry for those who never learned to love. Chess, like love and music, has the ability of making people happy.