Love is the bond of perfection.

For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us.

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest.

True liberty is not liberty to do evil as well as good.

A woman of haughty and fierce carriage, of a nimble wit and active spirit, a very voluble tongue, more bold than a man.

A democracy is ... accounted the meanest and worst of all forms of government.

To love and live beloved is the soul's paradise.

A liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest.

There was no market for poetry about trauma, abuse, loss, love, and healing through the lens of a Punjabi-Sikh immigrant woman.

Whoever is not made glorified by taqwa can find no glory.

My life isn't focused on results. My life is really focused on the process of doing all the things I'm doing, from work to relationships to friendships to charitable work.

You've heard of people living in a fool's paradise? Well, Leonora has a duplex there.

We were all ready to die for the country but what we did not discover was we have to live for the country.

I'm very influenced by a lot of things, but my chief influence is my friends and what I see and what I feel and my own experiences and memory.

Can man be free if woman be a slave?

The most creative or versatile to date...I don't know, man. That's a good question. I didn't really think about that.

I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.

If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.