At one point, she said after a while, at one point we thought we might raise silkworms in one of the empty rooms. But then we never did. Oh, for the countless things one fails to do!

At the time I could no more believe my eyes than I can now trust my memory.

Memories lie slumbering within us for months and years, quietly proliferating, until they are woken by some trifle and in some strange way blind us to life.

You have to prepare physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually to conquer any mountain.

Please, " her shadow begged. Laughingstock for sure. "I can't give you what you want, " Cam said. "You know that." She had to know that.

You need a really solid foundation of friends and family to keep you where you need to be.

History is not the linear sort of movement toward better and better things.

To become a leader, you must first become a human being

Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

We put this 15-year old girl on the cover of a fashion magazine, and tell everyone she is the epitome of sexual perfection, but we jail anyone who touches her for another three years.

If someone had told me, don't say anything about Lillian Hellman because she'll sue you, it wouldn't have stopped me. It might have spurred me on.

I would like to be a figment of my own imagination, but belly and bowels will not permit.