Oh, wise young judge.

The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much more than visual? Why does it touch one so?

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

It's a beautiful sight to see good dancers doing simple steps. It's a painful sight to see beginners doing complicated patterns.

Ham with mustard is a meal of glory

Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.

I suppose the best kind of spring morning is the best weather God has to offer.

The True Seeker must, before all else, cleanse his heart.

I hate celebrities. I really hate them.

I am different. And I don't understand exactly how. And I don't understand just why.

In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.

Out of power, Marxism can develop critical intelligence; in power, it quickly becomes stupid.

I'm very open about the fact that it's nice when someone says you're pretty. Especially for someone like me.

Being positive does not mean ignoring the negative. Being positive means overcoming the negative.

Go ahead, fail. Try to avoid mistakes, though.

There is no such thing as "righteous" anger or justifiable killing.

I went with my husband and an innocent child to California. I went to a theatrical manager and asked him to allow me to earn money enough on the stage to buy our tickets home. He did.