All of us started normal. All of us started out as functioning human beings with the potential to do almost anything we wanted, but somewhere along the paths of our lives, we got lost.

The wounds that never heal can only be mourned alone.

Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on.

The afternoon and the early evening slide by in a lidded daze where the ability to think in any identifiable way disappears and where every moment seems to be an eternity.

Even a second of freedom is worth more than a lifetime of bondage.

I'm tired of making people sad and I'm tired of disappointing them and I'm tired of seeing them break. I have seen this too many times. He will be the last.

Oh, Perceval, a falcon is born to hunt, and so are you. One day you will hunt indeed--but not yet." "Why? Am I not ready?"She looked at him sadly and said, "Give me a little longer.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

The first thing I did [in Michigan] was join a picket line of a pizzeria in Ann Harbor in 1963 that didn't allow African Americans to eat there.

The public buys the most at the top and the least at the bottom.

To innovate is not to reform.

Darling Daddy, This is Rose. The shed needs new wires now it has blown up. Caddy is bringing home rock-bottom boyfriends to see if they will do for Mummy. Instead of you. Love, Rose.

I just try to play make-believe and pretend the world is magical and awesome as much as possible.

Putting lessons in young adult books is very dangerous.

A person susceptible to "wanderlust" is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.

If I only concentrated on one thing, I would limit myself in life.