The treachery of a friend is worse than that of a foe.

Cruel birds, ravens, but wise. And creatures should be loved for their wisdom if they cannot be loved for kindness.

A bubble of fear passes up my spine. It's the feeling of standing on ice and suddenly hearing it crack under your weight - both thrilling and terrifying together.

To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things.

If I believed everything everyone had ever told me about my family I'd be a sight more miserable than I am now

As though prayer could simply pluck sin out. But any woman knows that a thread, once woven, is fixed in place; the only way to smooth a mistake is to let it all unravel.

I don't want to be remembered, I want to be here!

I preferred to read than talk with the others.

So lonely I make friends with the ravens that prey on lambs.

No doves come from ravens’ eggs

When did a smile ever get anyone into trouble?

I would like to say to those who think of my pictures as serene, whether in friendship or mere observation, that I have imprisoned the most utter violence in every inch of their surface.

There isn't a dude outside my dad who had greater influence on my life.

History ... isn't simply what has happened. It's a judgment on what has happened.

In my childhood, I had a religious assistant who always told me, if you can really laugh with full abandonment, it's very good for your health.

[John] Adams was the best and most colorful stylist among the Founders. Although [Tomas] Jefferson is widely regarded as the smoothest writer, Adams is by far the most engaging and imaginative.

I don't trust you with my shoe; I wouldn't trust you with an old pair of socks.

To be good to yourself ... Sometimes it seems that takes a special talent all its own.

if you'd teach me to swear in russian, i might have a new appreciation for it

I really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I'm a good giver without expectations.

What does peace do? Peace blossoms. What else? Peace spreads. What else? Peace illumines. What else? Peace fulfils.