Most times we only see things for the way we are. But we're good at lying to ourselves. Sometimes we need somebody who's not living in our skin to point out how things really are.

Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.

It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.

It's all those stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are

You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.

Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind.

Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious already knows and hauls it up out of the darkness so you can get a good look at it.

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.

There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing.

Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

We are all born for love it is the principle of existence and its only end.

I'd love to have a Christmas classic under my belt. It's hard to write a Christmas song.

She viewed ethnic cleansing, famine and genocide as direct threats to her furniture.

You learn history in school, and you have a reverential feeling toward it. But by being irreverent, it feels current.

I don't want to grow old gracefully. I want to put up a bit of a fight.

Daughters hate their mothers; I think it's the law of nature. But you know what? Then they come back.

You are a Queen. Let mine be the joy of giving you your kingdom.

I have the privilege of working on the issues that I choose and the issues that I feel most passionate about. It's been a privilege.

There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war, to match the excitement of the American presidential campaign.