The na at the end of banana annoys me as much as it would you if it were bananana.

She may have been the one whose name meant music, but his sounded like it. Saying it made her want to sing it, to lean out a window and call him home. To whisper it in the dark.

Funny how a little sleep, a little makeup, and a lot of contemplating can make you feel like a different person - a stronger version of yourself.

I think now we are simply strangers with some memories.

It is not the temptations you have, but the decision you make about them that counts.

Any nation which for an extended period puts pleasure before liberty is likely to lose the liberty it misused.

Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change.

We need women friends, women who challenge us.

I think I started toddler gymnastics when I was around 3 or 4, and I began taking it seriously when I was 6.

A walk in the woods is only an exalted dream.

Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust.