When a woman who has much to say says nothing, her silence can be deafening.

Most people do not see the world as it is. They see it as they are

She sat still, trying to hush her secret heart.

That roads are for journeys, ma'am, not destinations

If love was a choice, who would ever choose such exquisite pain?

Maybe selflessness was only selfishness on another level.

Perhaps, she had dreamed, she would teach some future King, shaping his child mind for a new and better world.

Change from despair to joy he made her extremely beautiful.

The chains had fallen from her leg, but not from her mind.

Was she insane?! She would lose her head before she was 20!

She had become so much more accustomed to hard work and opposition than to adulation that the only emotion she had felt had been one of acute discomfort.

Death doesn’t always want your eternal sleep. Sometimes Death just wants your eternity.

I didn't get trained by the school system like other kids, and when I did concentrate on learning, my mind was cluttered and locked by the programming of the system.

Art is what gets communicated at a live show, which is why live shows are so amazing. To communicate in a different way is a mixed message. It devalues everything.

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance

I've gotten jobs because I'm a woman, and I've lost jobs because I'm a woman. So just do the best work you can. It won't go unnoticed.

I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the economy, commodity prices or consumer confidence as an excuse.

But the heart has a mind of its own and it always gets what it wants, especially when it's dying.

We have to shine a bright light on horrific moments in society if we're going to create a better world for our children.

What the public wants is called 'politically unrealistic.' Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it.

Sometimes, you get the bear. Sometimes, the bear gets you.