There's a certain grace to having your heart broken.

Part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.

Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.

I have work, and then I have a dinner thing. And then I am busy, trying to become who I am.

I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded.

Confidence lets you pull anything off, even Tevas with socks.

Survivors are so often re-victimized by a system that demands they prove their purity and innocence.

The people accusing me of being productive don't know how hard it is for me to just bend my elbow sometimes.

Let's be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.

At a brunch potluck, I realize that I do, in fact, hate everybody.

But ambition is a funny thing: it creeps in when you least expect it and keeps you moving, even when you think you want to stay put.

Wisdom of the Ages: "Skull and Bones" A secret society of spoiled twits whose apparent purpose in life is littering the landscape with as many as possible.

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement much disputation and yet more personal liking.

It is better to own 10% of an elephant than 100% of a rat.

The more passionate that someone is about something, the more you have to listen to them.

Hackers are arrogant geek romantics. They lack the attentive spirit of inquiry.

It's a fool boy who mocks a giant, and a mad world when a cripple has to defend him.

Politics are not unlike war. Sometimes it is necessary to shoot from the hip.

It was all right until the sun came out and then everything started getting warmer.

I like this job - most days I have a chance to make breakfast and take the kids to school or to read 'em a bedtime story. It's almost like a normal life.

I feel a little uncomfortable at being asked the sorts of questions that other Catholics in public life tend not to be asked.