The lady was old, the lady was ill. It didn't matter what the lady believed.

You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.

As far as I'm concerned, if you want to find out about the last day of WWII or the roots of the Indian Mutiny, get thee to a books catalogue.

The past is always tense, the future perfect.

Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.

Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.

Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation’. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no ‘writer’s lifestyle’. All that matters is what you leave on the page.

Time is how you spend your love.

I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me.

Don't confuse honours with achievement.

Pulchritude--beauty where you would least suspect it, hidden in a word that looked like it should signify a belch or a skin infection.

If I did anything right it was when I decided to practice forgiveness and free my heart from pain.

People often find comfort in ignorance of illusions, but rarely find solace in the truth of reality.

God does sometimes change our trying circumstances. But more often, He doesn't - because He wants to change us.

When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful.

I don't really watch movies at all. I don't even think I could name one. Maybe Texas Chainsaw Massacre? I think I've seen that, but I definitely don't have a favorite.

I only attract loving people in my world for they are a mirror of what I am.

If my life were a song it'd be called 'Here I Am' because here I am - I mean, I'm Thia and I'm here to me me, I'm here to express myself musically which I find is the best way to express myself.

The fact of the matter is that hope comes from many sources. I think depending on the federal government to be some sort of a savior is false hope.

Coaching is not a natural way of life. Your victories and losses are too clear cut.