The mother- poor invaded soul- finds even the bathroom door no bar to hammering little hands.

When all usefulness is over, when one is assured of an unavoidable and imminent death, it is the simplest of human rights to choose a quick and easy death in place of a slow and horrible one.

Life is a verb, not a noun.

We grovel and "worship" and pray to God to do what we ourselves ought to have done a thousand years ago, and can do now, as soon as we choose.

The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.

To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.

Love grows by service.

Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time.

A man's honor always seems to want to kill a woman to satisfy it.

If a woman is really injured by her marriage, she should sue under the employer liability act. She should claim damages--not alimony.

I used to lie awake as a child and get more entertainment and terror out of blank walls and plain furniture than most children could find in a toy-store.

When I see an arrogant man, I see one less competitor.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.

Sometimes all you need is just for somebody to believe in you in order to be able to accomplish maybe what you never thought you could.

It is with roses and locomotives (not to mention acrobats Spring electricity Coney Island the 4th of July the eyes of mice and Niagara Falls) that my poems are competing.

Your capacity to say "No" determines your capacity to say "Yes" to greater things.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

My parents and grandparents always made me feel fortunate. I'm in a position to help others feel the same. It's just in my heart and is something I feel very very strong about.

Great men have great dogs.

"Just give your life to us and stop worrying about things," is what Obama's message is, and people don't want to do that.