Up here my eyes are green leaves, unseeing.

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.

Fight, Zinnia, for your soul. You only have one, and one shall remain once you've escaped his clutches... Do not give up on yourself, for strength... it comes... from God.

Hannah's magic cure for every ill, " he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten.

You don't go into battle because you're sure of victory. You go into battle because it's the right thing to do.

I had a moment of clarity, saw the feeling in the heart of things, walked out to the garden crying.

Successful people are willing to do what makes them uncomfortable in the interest of growth.

The demonstrators in Ukraine will persevere and succeed, or grow tired, cold and fade.

When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.

The supreme need in every hour of difficulty and distress is for a fresh vision of God. Seeing Him, all else takes on proper perspective and proportion.

The fact is, there are Fortune 500 companies that have been founded during recessions.

Whut's the plan, Rob?" said one of them. "Okay, lads, this is what we'll do. As soon as we see somethin', we'll attack it. Right?" This caused a cheer. "Ach, 'tis a good plan," said Daft Wullie.