It's better to be silent than to be a fool.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

If you choose to not deal with an issue, then you give up your right of control over the issue and it will select the path of least resistance.

Those wounds stay with you, and you turn them into a language and a purpose.

He spilled my diet soda!

And somewhere from the dim ages of history the truth dawned upon Europe that the morrow would obliterate the plans of today.

If you want to have a better performance than the crowd, you must do things differently from the crowd.

I have never written anything sexually explicit.

I shall die, but I will not kill.

What gets measured gets managed.

I'm much more comfortable in pants and shirts, running around. There was a typical construction about womanhood when I was growing up that I rejected.

I've never seen anyone sleep with their head hanging off the back of a wooden chair before - was the couch not comfortable enough for you?