No woman has an abortion for fun.

There is a gulf between the high value Americans put on life in theory and its cheapness in practice.

It's just so hard sometimes to work out where people stand on these things. I mean, isn't the Pope a feminist?

When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.

We are making gods out of global celebrities.

However much grief I carried, I liked the way my life was tending, these bright new directions. It's only human, to mourn and to reach toward forwardness at once.

I'm honest about the journey I've been on, so I definitely don't take dating lightly anymore.

In teaching it is the method and not the content that is the message.

I just keep making things, and whatever happens, happens.

Once you've invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story's grown to around a half-million words and can't be written as anything less than a trilogy.

The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.

Men may second fortune, but they cannot thwart her.

Assume responsibility for the quality of your own life

The bloggers and online donors represent an important resource for the party, but they are not representative of the majority you need to win elections.

Team members who feel threatened but who are not aware of it become rigid - and that stops teamwork.