Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

I've got a love affair with Harley-Davidson. One of my earliest photos with my dad is of him holding me as a baby on his bike.

Medicine is still all about treating populations, not people - one-size-fits all treatments and diagnoses.

Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it.

I became a real free market fanatic. I'm probably less so now than even two or three years ago.

Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.

When you think about it, giving up your real personality is a small price to pay for the richness of living happily ever after with an actual man!

The payment for sins can be delayed. But they cant be avoided.

I work in a medium where I get to be totally invisible and I get great pleasure from that, being a pretty self-conscious person.

Though the inspiration for my songs almost always comes from things that are happening around me, I am definitely not always the protagonist in the songs.

There are 100,000 artists on Pandora & 70% are indies; artists making $100K - $2 million.