Some trees are too deeply rooted to move ... And if they are uprooted, they will die.

Familiarity makes the lion more dangerous.

Even coal shimmers in the light

If you are busy pleasing everyone, you are not being true to yourself

There is no treasure like the human heart.

It is the dirt within men’s hearts that is most offensive; the filth you cannot see.

There is no place for innocence on the battlefield.

It is the heart that has been pierced that feels the most.

What is courage without risk... It wouldn’t really be courage, would it?

What good is a smooth tongue without sharp teeth?

Hate engenders loneliness and despair

Look at me, Nat. I won’t bite.” There was a long pause before he said, “Hard.

You can’t imagine just how much believing in negative thoughts is affecting your life…until you stop.

I am at war... with the principal personage of traditional philosophy, that abstract subject who masquerades as everyone and anyone, but is really a male subject in disguise.

It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men.

Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.

Ethics is for people with full bellies.

That's gotta be the one remaining constant - jeans have gotta be tight, baby.

How can I have morning sickness when I don't get up till noon?

You have to learn to smile through your pain. Sometimes it’s all we got.

Not by wisdom do they [poets] make what they compose, but by a gift of nature and an inspiration similar to that of the diviners and the oracles.