War is a terrible, bloody thing.

I am afraid, my dear niece, that a ‘mere woman’ is something you most certainly are not.

Men may fight the battle, but women wage the war.

Peggy is a sovereign nation. She governs herself and those around her by her own laws.

It seemed ironic to her that women were considered far too meek for the morbidity of war, and yet a child could give their life in a battle they did not even understand.

The porcelain doll residing in her white-pillared dollhouse was a mirage.

Julia Woodhull was many things: a lady of secrets, a patriot’s niece, and a dead man’s daughter. But one thing Julia Woodhull was most certainly not was a fool.

Sometimes later becomes never. Do it now.

When you're young, all evolution lies before you, every road is open to you, and at the same time you can enjoy the fact of being there on the rock, flat mollusk-pulp, damp and happy.

Sending everything they touch to the grave is what they do, but they don't see it as a grave mistake, yet.

Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.

I've been online since 1989; I was sysop on several CompuServe forums.

My flock is black, my flock is white. One has got to say to our people, "I love you. I care for you, enormously." And when I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.

Be a light unto oneself

More than fifty-five years ago my father told me, "The Bible does not belong on the shelf but in your hand, under your eye, and in your heart."

I feel like you may be a special and kind person. And I would like to make it my business to know special and kind people. Especially if they are boys my age.

I believe the moral losses of expediency always far outweigh the temporary gains.