Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies.

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.

The function of freedom is to free someone else.

Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race - scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct... it has a social function, racism.

There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.

We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be

A man's home is his wife's castle.

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

Any girl who was a lady would not even think of having such a good time that she did not remember to hang on to her jewelry.

A huntress never stabbed anything she didn't want to.

Wisdom is the best guide and faith is the best companion.

The Lord is going to keep His people informed if they will listen.

I’ve aged, but I don’t think I’ve grown up.

I like doing Pilates because I get to lie down on the floor for the duration of the session.

An apology might help, but you can change your life without one.