Over my dead body, I thought. Yes, even immortals use that phrase. It has extra oomph for us.

There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose.

Everything is fine and bright. Day must follow every night. My power keeps me safe from harm. The Goddess holds me in her arms.

The Goddess teaches us that every ending is also a beginning. May there be rebirth from this death.

Men are natural warriors, but a woman in battle is truly bloodthirsty

No matter how dark you are, no matter what you think your heritage is or how inevitable your fall is, you can always make a choice in the next second to be different.

Women are impossible, witches are worse, and women who are powerful witches are going to be the death of me.

But I also meant that loving someone really opening your heart to them is just asking to have your heart smashed and handed back to you in little pieces.

Fire is a fragile lover, court her well, neglect her not; her faith is like a misty smoke, her anger is destructive hot.

I should have known the power-hungry slave drivers at River's Edge would see my five days of freedom only as a challenge to be filled.

I held a nail in place and slammed it with the hammer. Best. Chore. Ever.

But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.

Stocks may come and stocks may go, but food goes on forever.

He [Michael Cimino] wasn't the typical filmmaker. I don't know if he had more in him, he certainly had a lot of scripts. I know he wrote a hell of a lot.

One of the most fascinating lessons I've absorbed about life is that the struggle is good.

I really like to put my name on everything, so my roommate doesn't steal it. It's really a throwback to that.

Everyone is a comedy. If people are laughing at you, they just don't quite understand the joke that is themselves.

Either Trump would have lost and his supporters would have said, "Whatever." Or Trump would have won, and his supporters would say, "All right, whatever."

Joking is a barrier between man and the world. Joking is the enemy of love and poetry.

I send them my warmest encouragement to persevere in the patience and charity of Christ.

She must express life, death, happiness, sorrow, love and anger, but above all she must have dignity.