Let this moment whisper through eternity. Let it fill my every dream and visit me each night.

Now, tomorrow, and always.

You are a soldier. A fighter. And now you must fight. Not for the emperor, not for France . . . but for yourself.

Prayer is good but unconditional love is better.

Marriage has now taken the form of divorce: a prolonged and impassioned negotiation as to how things shall be divided. (from "Feminism, the Body, and the Machine")

She looks so broken, I don't want to hurt her more.

Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery.

If anything happens, Marcus will save you. Won't you, Marcus? Hale asked, looking up at the man, who nodded. It would be an honor, Miss.

I quit law in 1988 to start writing, and it took me 17 years from that point to get a book contract. I guess you can say I was on the slow train.

In reading some books we occupy ourselves chiefly with the thoughts of the author; in perusing others, exclusively with our own.

The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient.

We forget the origin of a parvenu if he remembers it; we remember it if he forgets it.

Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.