The toddler craves independence, but he fears desertion.

The surest route to breeding jealousy is to compare. Since jealousy comes from feeling less than another, comparisons only fan the fires.

Fire false friends. They are in to fast-forward your fall and failure.

What are you doing to me, you plague of a girl?” he whispered.“If I’m a plague, then you should keep your distance, unless you plan on being destroyed.”“No. Destroy Me.

Words have power? That sounds like you're into some Harry Potter juju.

The scale and the brutality of our prisons are the moral scandal of American life.

If I had never touched Holmes, who has tended to obscure my higher work, my position in literature would at the present moment be a more commanding one.

I'm a slave for you. Dancing in the dark.

Portland can put the champagne away and get out the bottled water, 'cause that's all they're gonna drink on their way home!

If the strong exploit the weak, democracy will not be stable.

The more we are cleansed of conflicts, all sorts of conflicts, the easier it is for us to use our energy in a way that attracts the immutable healing of it all.

Krishna exalts those who are humble and humbles those who exalt themselves.