Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?

A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away.

We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade.

A woman's suffering is never above half known, for the fact of the publicity of her wrongs is counted to her for disgrace.

I do not ask for my rights. I have no rights. I have only wrongs.

Perhaps there will come a time when...an unmarried mother will not be despised because of her motherhood...and when the right of the unborn to be born will not be denied or interfered with.

A child's eyes, those clear wells of undefiled thought—what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own.

Until I truly loved, I was alone.

For death and life, in ceaseless strife, Beat wild on this world's shore, And all our calm is in that balm— Not lost but gone before.

Child murderers practice their profession without let or hindrance, and open infant butcheries unquestioned...Is there no remedy for all this ante-natal child murder?

Every poet hopes that after-times Shall set some value on his votive lay.

This poem was meant to be unwritten. But I am writing it now and have thereby changed destiny.

Socrates made people face their hypocrisy. He had to die.

Light jumping out of window is staring the dark from afar.

Stories are propaganda, virii that slide past your critical immune system and insert themselves directly into your emotions.

A kind ‘no’ from the heart is better than a deceitful ‘yes’ from the tongue.

Nature is in earnest when she makes a woman.

I was an altar boy in the Roman Catholic Church and no priest ever laid a hand on me. That's me, always the bridesmaid.

My mission is to give girls the tools to be able to blossom into their best selves.

For a much lauded writer, I'm not terribly self-absorbed. In social situations, which are difficult for me - I mean, this is an interview - I'm normally uncomfortable talking about myself.

Profanity is the result of a weak mind trying to express itself forcably.