What you dream, you can grow. Someone told me that, but I didn't believe it. I said I had nothing and that people with nothing are unable to dream. But I was wrong.

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens along Main Street were filled with sugary pink peonies and Dutch tulips.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.

This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

The evening had turned sweet and blue.

All the resentment that lies in your heart is simply causing damage to you mostly.

Mather smiles at me through it, some of his tension softening before he drops his head in a small bow. "My queen, " he says in response.

Feelings are much like waves, we can't stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf.

I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit, so I definitely want to have lots and lots of children.

If the social conservatives feel that they have a strong argument on traditional marriage, then feel free to have it.

If I ruled the world, every woman would have a Chanel suit in her wardrobe.

We added Medicare Part D to a system facing bankruptcy and gave no thought to means testing it.

I don’t care about the word ‘art’ because it has been so discredited. So I want to get rid of it. There is an unnecessary adoration of ‘art’ today.

The Vedic literatures reveal that prasadam conveys spiritual realization, just as chanting does, but in a less obvious or conspicuous way. You make spiritual advancement just by eating it.

The little money I have - that is my wealth, but the things I have for which I would not take money, that is my treasure.