Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.

The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.

That aspects are within us; and who seems Most kingly is the King.

O, you have torn my life all to pieces... made me be what I prayed you in pity not to make me be again!

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful after she is aged and ugly.

You have never loved me as I love you--never--never! Yours is not a passionate heart--your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite-- not a woman!

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

The perfect woman, you see [is] a working-woman; not an idler; not a fine lady; but one who [uses] her hands and her head and her heart for the good of others.

Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?

I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes. Not only is it scary, it throws your balance off as well.

Believe in yourself. Determine to pursue your goals.

I think all wishes are the same, really, " she continued. "Whether they ask for this, that, or the other, what they are really asking for is happiness.

I have the courage of my convictions.

History only exists, in the final analysis, for God.

Writing poems is my way of celebrating with the world that I have not committed suicide the evening before.

I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never.

The world is gonna try to clean you up, what the f**k you gonna do about it? You're gonna say, "I wanna stay ugly".

I've never been arrested in my life. Never had cuffs put on me, never been charged with a crime, never spent one day in jail.

Being a good psychoanalyst has the same disadvantage as being a good parent: The children desert one as they grow up.