Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Children who are resilient often have an appearance of a Teflon coating: nothing seems to faze these children.

He had kissed her good night that night, and she had tasted like strawberry daiquiris, and he had never wanted to kiss anyone else again.

Everything wanna be loved. Us sing and dance, and holla just wanting to be loved.

I love, and the world is mine!

If you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs.

I use my fiction to explore my own unconscious issues. I usually don't even know what's going on with me until I'm writing.

It's a new day, a new beginning for your new life. With discipline you will be amazed at how much progress you'll be able to make. What have you got to lose except the guilt and fear of the past?

One day he went away and I thought I'd die, but I didn't. And I said to myself: 'is that all there is to love?'

I'm a huge news junkie. I love what the news does.

The wise man is but a clever infant, spelling letters from a hieroglyphical prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies in eternity.