The days of foot-in-the-door harassment and snatched photos are gone.

I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the sufferings of others.

Selfish prudence is too often allowed to come between duty and human life.

There is no one as dangerous as he or she who has nothing to lose.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I was an anorexic, beer drinking, class cutting, doodling, shoplifting, skater chick that was into nature, art class, and the beach.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.

It takes four generations to recover from every act of violence.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

You are in charge of your life and how great you become is up to you.

Let us decorate the world with the flowers of peace, love, and laughter.

Canada's climate is nine months winter and three months late in the fall.

I hope that the women who wear my perfume will have men all over them.

Whether or not you write well, write bravely.

When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.

So every day So every day I was surrounded by the beautiful crying forth of the ideas of God, one of which was you.

You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.

I've waited my entire life to be busy. Whenever I hear actors complain about being busy, I think, 'shut up.' Because you do, you wait to be successful or to be able to work.

From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.