. . . she dreamed of nothing, for she hoped for nothing and expected nothing. It was as cold and dark inside her as out in the frosty night.

. . . . I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can.

Just because you don't know everything don't mean you know nothing.

Minds, like diapers, need occasional changing.

Love brightens and purifies the heart.

I think sometimes that people are like onions. On the outside smooth and whole and simple but inside ring upon ring, complex and deep.

Seems to me home is where I am loved and safe and needed.

Seems to me God made a big mistake when He failed to put handles on watermelons.

I want to remake the world; anything less is not worth the trouble.

Fathers should make you feel safe.

Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life.

You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.

Highlighting strengths increases sales.

I had said before that all stories were magic. It had never occurred to me that all magic was stories.

Neither humans nor the Gods that they have created are superior to old Mother Nature.

The world demands that you work for it, make families, provide, take no time to listen to your own heart beating.

Some of my students have had really bad experiences with religion. They moved away from talking to God. For a lot of people, angels are a gentle route back to the Creator.

Borrow my umbrellas, my clothes, my money, and I will likely not think of them again. But borrow my books and I will be on your track like a bloodhound until they are returned.

It is the best book ever written on the subject. There is nothing like it!

Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.

Each model I have represents a type of ideal women to me.