The love of power and the power to attract love were not easy to reconcile.

There would be no Lenin without Rasputin.

The cat does not negotiate with the mouse.

In Russia everything is a secret, but there is no secrecy.

She (historian Barbara Tuchman) draws on skepticism, not cynicism, leaving the reader not so much outraged by human ability as amused and saddened by human folly.

She had dealt with her pregnancy by wrapping herself in dreams.

For death is life. It is only living that is lifeless.

Thoughts, like water, will stay on course if we make a place for them to go. As you learn to control your thoughts, you can gain courage, conquer fear and have a happy life.

Maybe I'll just give up on boys. Okay, maybe not. I mean they're just so cute!

As civilization advances, man grows unconscious of the primitive elements of life; he is separated from them by his perfection of material techniques.

Cake and tea or death?

The ANC will rule South Africa until Jesus comes back.

Draw, Antonio; draw, Antonio; draw and don’t waste time.

In a lot of things I'm reacting to a lot of things. I'm reacting to a lot people around me. Sometimes not necessarily saying anything but I just have to be thinking it.

I want to rid the country of corruption and return our economic environment.

My Jesus, if you uphold me, I shall not fall.