Talk without effort is nothing.

shall I, for fear of feeble man who shall die, hold my peace? Shall I for fear of scoffs and frowns, refrain my tongue? Ah, no!

All the nations of the earth are crying out for liberty and equality. Away, away with tyranny and oppression!

It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny.

Am I not a woman and a sister?

Come all ye that pass by, and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

And then she moved from shock to grief the way she might enter another room.

How is it that we have over 6 billion people in the world and half of them feel alone?

The happy sequence culminating in fellowship with God is penitence, pardon, and peace - the first we offer, the second we accept, and the third we inherit.

Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a ripe tree. What the general reader or the critic makes of them is not my concern.

Everything changes as it is written down.

You freaking, flippin’, moronic frat boy!

Postcolonialism is the invention of some rich guys from India who saw that they could make a good career in top Western universities by playing on the guilt of white liberals.

Freedom is not given - it is taken.

Acting is a bit like tennis in that you can't really do it on your own.

I am so thankful I had the strength and promises of a loving God to guide my choices and decisions, and to uphold me through the unbelievably dark days and times of overwhelming sorrow.