Why must you always try to be omnipotent, and shove things about? Tragic things happen sometimes that we just have to submit to.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

Paint your life with the colors of kindness so that you may find the true bliss of happiness.

When you die you will not bring any possessions, but you will be accompanied by the song up into heaven…

The laws of physics say if there’s a party, Isla will eventually end up dancing on a table.

Paul spoke about the root of faith (Eph 2:8). James spoke about the fruit of faith (Jm 2:17-18).

I can read people, and if the other person doesn't want to say anything, I'm fine with that. People say things when it's time to say them.

I remember sitting in school and thinking, 'I don't know why I'm here, because I know I'm going to act and I know I'm going to America.'

She was a large woman who seemed not so much dressed as upholstered.

I don't believe in low-fat cooking.

Weak faith will as surely land the Christian in heaven as strong faith, for it is impossible the least dram of true grace should perish