The thing about a mirror is this: The one who stares into it is condemned to consider the world from her own perspective.

The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.

As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.

Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life.

From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings.

Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.

Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.

If magic was present, it moved under the skin of the world, beneath the ability of human eyes to catch sight of it.

I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes... let it go!

Growth and change were viewed as reactions to conditions met

Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping.

A minister's (cabinet member's) function was not to DO the work but to see that it got done.

Our love is an adventurous melody, our souls forever as one.

That lovely face sets off a fire inside me that isn't ever supposed to burn.

work, pray and play not from here

It's astonishing how many business owners are terrified of selling. Salespeople who see the most people a day are the highest paid regardless of the economy.

Somebody has to be sane during regular business hours, and it's not going to be me, missy.

What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.

The truth just happens - lies take time to make.

My doctor is nice; every time I see him, I'm ashamed of what I think of doctors in general.

For thugs from the ghetto, violence is a way of life - it's what helps you survive.