Let [us] seek for wisdom instead of power and [we] will have all the power [we] have wisdom to exercise.

It is the duty of each one of us to be a holy woman. We shall have elevated aims, if we are holy women.

He will regard his people's cry, the widow's tear, the orphan's moan.

What was once my FUTURE is now my PAST

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

I have this weird obsession with kids and old people falling. Like, funny falls. It is awful, but it's the thing that makes me laugh the most.

I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods.

I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.

Every hour that you spend doing something, even if you love it more than anything, you're not with your family. Every project that you take on, that's another choice.

I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.

When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as a film.

All kings and queens are not born of royal bloodlines. Some become royal because of what they do once they realize who they are

All readers come to fiction as willing accomplices to your lies. Such is the basic goodwill contract made the moment we pick up a work of fiction.