To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.

She dares me to pour myself out like a living waterfall. She dares me to enter the soul that is more than my own; she extinguishes fear in mere seconds. She lets light come through.

A feminist is any woman who tells the truth about her life

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

A self that goes on changing is a self that goes on living.

I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.

I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you're everything that exists; the reality of everything.

The only advice ... that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions.

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.

Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.

Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.

It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.

Life is an addiction Wind to feel, Love to crave, Power to have, Cigarette's to smoke.

Where did she come from, and where can I find one?" "Picked this one up at a gas station in West Virginia, bargain price. Last one on the shelf, sorry.

The will ... is the driving force of the mind. If it's injured, the mind falls to pieces.

Maiden, that read'st this simple rhyme, Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay; Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime, For oh, it is not always May!

When I get ready to explain homemade fascism in America, I can take my example from the state capitol of Texas.

The scoreline is a bit flattering really.

I wanna grow up and be a critic.

Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.