When God's moving his hands through your life, you had better sit up and take notice

If only his mind were as easy to fix as his body.

I thought it was safer and easier to be one my own. But I don’t think I was to be invisible anymore because-because it’s lonely, and I don’t want to be lonely. I don’t want to be alone.

And I was afraid because I knew I had outgrown my past before I could see a path to my future.

I reached out and placed my hand on the book and thought maybe someday I wouldn't need the bruises or the scars anymore. Maybe someday it would be all right for the scars to go away.

...and I was afraid because I knew I had outgrown my past before I could see a path to my future.

I could feel it--inside, and I decided that night, reading poetry beneath a caged light bulb, that real was when you could fee your whole body light up from within.

To write only according to the rules laid down by masterpieces signifies that one is not a master but a pupil.

Money itch is a bad thing. I never had that trouble.

I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.

Poetry contains almost all you need to know about life.

Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves. Like most girls, I fantasized about being some sort of a princess.

Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.

Moderation in all things. And even moderation in moderation. Don't get too much moderation, you know?

Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.

Too soon did the doctors of the church forget that the heart--the moral nature--was the beginning and the end, and that truth, knowledge, and insight were comprehended in its expansion.

I finally realized that no one is perfect and that I like the fact that I look different and don't have the perfect body. No one does!