Ka was a wheel; it was also a net from which none ever escaped.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Dignity and pride are not only two different feelings, but, in some ways, opposites.You can step on your pride to preserve your dignity. You can destroy your dignity because of your pride.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

I think musicians are perfect at knowing how to get the best out of other musicians. I can really relate to that communion.

When you're comfortable with someone, you don't look for anyone else.

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.

We wanted to do a woman on a reality show because that's what's happening right now-it's part of our culture.

People allow themselves to be slaves of their bad habits and society's bad habits - but they have free will, and if they wish to be free they can.

When people show you who they are ... believe them!

From joblessness to lack of education and professional skills to sexual and gender-based violence, women face a multi-faceted oppression.