Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.

For books continue each other, in spite of our habit of judging them separately.

Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.

All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.

Why, if it was an illusion, not praise the catastrophe, whatever it was, that destroyed illusion and put truth in it's place?

Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems.

They lack suggestive power. And when a book lacks suggestive power, however hard it hits the surface of the mind it cannot penetrate within.

Joblessness gives you access to a vast number of resources

Hold material goods and wealth on a flat palm and not in a clenched fist.

What is a saint supposed to do, if not convert wolves?

When they are all thinking alike, they aren't thinking at all.

I want to be able to fight for what I'm worth, not someone else's generosity.

You know it's only 50 miles but I've relished every moment of the longer route to get here. Thanks for letting me reflect on those great moments. Thank you.

Those who are filled with the love of Christ do not seek to force others to do better, they inspire others to do better.

I just don't believe that you can't make anything happen. I think if something's good and you believe in it, and you care about it, and you give it love and nurture it, it's going to happen.

I'd love to try and get a summer and winter gold medal-that would be amazing.

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.