Only the dead fail to reach out with both hands.

A woman with a mind is fit for any task.

I considered myself most unfortunate because God had made me inhabit a female body in this world

It is a deed of greater charity to give a bit of bread to the poor in the time of high prices and famine, than a whole loaf in the time of fertility and abundance.

Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.

If it has to be that wars and battles are begun for many reasons and quarrels, then they should also be avoided and shunned by better and more valid reasons.

there is no fire without smoke but there is often smoke without fire.

The foolish rush to end their lives. Only the steadfast soul survives.

How many women are there ... who because of their husbands' harshness spend their weary lives in the bond of marriage in greater suffering than if they were slaves among the Saracens?

Poetry's object is truth.

Does a rake deserve to possess anything of worth, since he chases everything in skirts and then imagines he can successfully hide his shame by slandering [women in general]?

It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.

Joe closed his hand over the watch and it was still warm from his father's pocket, ticking against his palm like a heart.

It's clever, but is it Art?

You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.

Canada kills any conversation quick, I learned long ago. It's a little trick of mine.

All illnesses have some heredity contribution. It's been said that genetics loads the gun and environment pulls the trigger.

One of my most strong memories was studying with Mel Bochner, one of the, I think, high water marks of American conceptual art.

Jesus will empty the tombs and melt the winter of death.

Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out.

I took a drama class in elementary school, and I just remember having so much fun with it. From there, I just studied, got better as I went along, and continued to grow.