old habits are hard to break, but not impossible!

...no woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.

Discomfort is always a necessary part of enlightenment.

...freedom can be a full-time job if you let it.

you can't know the meaning of the lesson until class is over!

When you're young, there's a whole lot of stuff you say you'll never do. Once you get a little older, the list tends to get shorter.

Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music.

Feminism is to sexism what black nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem.

the problem with knowing is that it takes away the possibility of pretending!

Vera Stark is a fabulous force of nature.

Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that.

As if the night had said to me, ‘You are the night and the night alone understands you and enfolds you in its arms’ One with the shadows. Without nightmare. An inexplicable peace.

Your governing values should be important enough to you that you will invest your time, resources, and energy in making them a fundamental part of your life.

I'd rather get to the 70-year-old guy who's got plenty of cash.

Rose and I have gone on the most incredible journey over the past two years

Life is sacred. Life is art. Life is sacred art.

When you're managing an emergency department, you're trying to keep everybody calm, so when an emergency comes in the door, everyone can do their best work.

If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.

Nicky looked down at me with a knowledge on his face that he was holding the monster in his arms. I'd have comforted him, but it would have been all lies.

The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.

I will continue to defend Najaf as it is the holiest place. I will remain in the city until the last drop of my blood has been spilled.