Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

Every day you and I walk through God's shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.

He was afraid of touching his own wrist. He never attempted to sleep on his left side, even in those dismal hours of the night when the insomniac longs for a third side after trying the two he has.

You must learn to read well, Marisa. As long as you're a good reader, you can learn anything, do anything.

We need to organize and figure out our own voice as a bloc and stop doubting ourselves.

The more personalized television gets, the less passive the experience will become.

Well the book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, the law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers.

you cannot hope for change in others, you can only work toward it in yourself. And that's hard work.

I think expectations of Doctor Who should always be high, because it's a show that must always progress and get better and better.

If you have no enemies, you have no character.

If you're not upsetting idiots, you might be an idiot.