Yes, the wind came up--" Mrs. Sharpe began. She paused."And changed us all, " Petra said softly.

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

People forget your goodness

Don't call me famous, but it's hard to be out with my friends now.

The great instrument of moral good is the imagination.

It is much easier to ruin a man of principle than a man of none, for he may be ruined through his scruples. Knavery is supple and can bend; but honesty is firm and upright, and yields not.

The rôle of the artist is that of a soldier of the revolution.

Congratulations. The fact that you're reading this means you've taken one giant step closer to surviving until your next birthday.

Allow yourself emotion-backed demands only for physical necessities such as air to breathe, food if starving, and shelter if freezing.

I'm eccentric, what else? I don't know, I've got two people telling me what to say.

I had a glorious father, I had no father at all.