No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.

But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.

I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.

My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.

Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?

There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

What mortal knew the way their fate line would run?

i witness the birth of the moon and her servants walking the night sky pulling us into their wake

Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death.

I believe in the value of the book, which keeps something irreplaceable, and in the necessity of fighting to secure its respect.

[On home births:] In a house where there had been three people, there were now four, although no one had come in the door.

Its all big money, high rent, high prices in New York City now. The poor people completely got rolled over. I've never seen anything like it in my life. It's disgusting.

I don't want to be in Mötley Crüe or something.

He is inexperienced, but he's experienced in terms of what he's been through.

That non-attachment gives us the freedom to be exactly who we are.

Nobody knows like a woman how to say things at the same time sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is all of Heaven.