And although I appreciated their kindness more than they would ever know, it's a fact that friends last longer the less you use them.

... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder on a fire.” ~ Liberty Jones

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible.

Sometimes a woman needs a man for company, no matter how useless he is.

Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.

Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no." -Liberty Jones

Opening up to the wrong person is like putting ammo in their hands.

You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.

If loneliness was a choice, what was the other option? To settle for second-best and try to be happy with that? And was that fair to the person you settled for?

Scent is the strongest tie to memory.

The more personal an example, the more richly it becomes encoded and the more readily it is remembered.

Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.

I knew not to give the best of myself to the worst of people.

I wanted to put jazz on the record, all the loves of music that I had on the record, so I could show people I was ahead of my 19 years. It may have been over the heads of some people.

Most people have the wrong idea about me because I've been very private.

It is no disgrace to rest a bit.

If you're not willing to have somebody hauled off at gunpoint over the project, then it's probably not a legitimate concern of the state.

The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour.

For only that which we knew and practiced at age 15 will one day constitute our attraction. And one thing, therefore, can never be made good: having neglected to run away from home.