It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

When you get clear on your own boundaries, you will find it easy to decide what you are willing to accept in your career.

When love comes first, actions will follow.

It's not the mathematical skill that's critical to winning; it's the discipline of being able to stick to the system.

Practice until it becomes boring, then practice until it becomes beautiful.

As president, I will take that work, that bipartisan work, that finding common ground, because you have to be able to get along with people to get things done in Washington.

I am often reminded that the wellspring of Vermont liberty flows from Main Street, not State Street.

Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre.

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

Tell them that everything in their life is going to have to bend to His will. Repent and believe.

Faith, Princess," the Prism Cat repeated. "It is a highly underrated weapon against the dark things in this world.