You can't stand up to the night until you understand what's hiding in its shadows.

Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.

It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.

It's all those stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are

You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.

Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind.

Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious already knows and hauls it up out of the darkness so you can get a good look at it.

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.

There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing.

Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things.

Your everyday actions will define you and your virtue.

She would rather remain silent, but her voice is no longer something to fear. It’s strong. Powerful. A weapon of emotions.

I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world.

It is one thing to do your dance on a beach and quite another to collaborate intimately with the sand.

I am deebly self-conscious, and bad.

Some people read only because they are too lazy to think.

The United States of America became the envy of the world because we welcomed the best and brightest minds from anywhere on the planet and gave them the opportunity to succeed.

I always try to keep my constituents as up-to-date as possible with what's going on here in Washington.

The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence

I don't generally watch the movie [ The House Of The Devil ]. It's sort of like hearing your voice on tape.