Women serve as guardians of culture, upholders of society.

The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior sensitivity and morality.

Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic.

Theories by women about women have only recently begun to appear in print. Theories by men about women are abundant.

The pleasure of reading biography, like that of reading letters, derives from the universal hunger to penetrate other lives.

As a lawyer, I could engage in killer litigation with the best of them. It was war, after all.

As soon as I'm finished with it, it feels like an impersonal project. Like, "Well, I did another book."

And may we ever have gratitude in hearts that the great Creator in all His glory has placed the herbs in the field for our healing.

People fall in love, but have to climb out.

I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.

I don't know if it's ever OK for someone to be selfish. Perhaps there's a time and place to be self-centered, but I think selfish never wins the race.

There should be a Transatlantic renaissance between the US and Europe based on shared prosperity, security, and values.

Can't escape pain, kiddo. Battle through it and you get stronger.

Flexible in the face of change, resilient in the face of confusion. All of these attributes are choices, not talents, and all of them are available to you.

There was a clown that tried to eat me as a boy, in my nightmares. Years later I found a clown for booking online who resembled him named Patches. Needless to say, Patches is dead now.