Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

...it saddens me that she has to grow up and make friends with humans. I hear the future coming for her. Stomp, stomp, stomp.

One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.

I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.

When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow.

I'm not President Bush

I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.

The majority is always sane.

There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our agenda to a nominee to have them forthrightly address our concerns.

I always wanted to interview Michael Jackson, because I just wanted to humanize him.

My approach is that all policy ought to be evidence-based.