Imaginary evils are incurable.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

Your journey might seem very long and hard, but bear in mind that sooner or later your struggles would become the past, and your rewards would become the present.

The importance of coming into God's presence is worth overcoming all obstacles along the way.

Strength and independence are always something that I'm drawn to in all my characters, no matter how different they are from one another.

Metadata equals surveillance; it's that simple.

School shootings were invented by blacks... and stolen by the white man.

It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.

I've been writing about my boyhood, when I was a little kid back on my grandfather's farm where we didn't know about black widow spiders or all that stuff. But writing about that is so easy.

Spontaneity is an infinite number of rehearsed possibilities.

No-one wants to feel like they're constantly auditioning for a place in your life.