An enemy forgiven is more dangerous than a thousand foes.

The Duce will have Ethiopia, with or without the Ethiopians.

Don’t wish the world demanded less of you. Rise up and exceed its standards.

I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.

I've been writing fiction as long as I've been writing poetry. It's just that the poetry took off, and it took me a lot longer to figure out how to write a story.

Please understand nearly every concept I hold near and dear has been stolen from others much brighter and better than me.

I'm on my feet, pacing around the room, punching a fist into my palm, which I stop doing when I realise how drama queen it feels.

Love lost is a special kind of failure, I think. It's a reminder that some consummations, no matter how devoutly wished for, never come; that some apes will never be men, not in all the world's ages.

If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality.

The way the system now works, credit is extended to those who don't need it and denied to those who are in desperate need of it.

American individualism, much celebrated and cherished, has developed without its essential corrective, which is belonging.

People are dynamic. They change, and soon as there are enough of you, things change [for a whole society].