But it is the fear, not the writing that defeats me. Everything is not a masterpiece.

...no woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.

Discomfort is always a necessary part of enlightenment.

...freedom can be a full-time job if you let it.

you can't know the meaning of the lesson until class is over!

When you're young, there's a whole lot of stuff you say you'll never do. Once you get a little older, the list tends to get shorter.

Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music.

Feminism is to sexism what black nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem.

the problem with knowing is that it takes away the possibility of pretending!

old habits are hard to break, but not impossible!

Vera Stark is a fabulous force of nature.

Sometimes we don't get second chances. Sometimes things just end.

We all learned valuable lessons from that crop. The Lord showed us the importance of walking by faith, and not by sight, of trusting him unconditionally and never giving up.

Art is nothing; it's a way.

Man can only know the nagation, never the position of ultimate reality.

High descent and meritorious deeds, unless united to wealth, are as useless as seaweed.

My lodging is on the cold ground, And hard, very hard, is my fare, But that which grieves me more Is the coldness of my dear.

It's very hard for me to relax.

Ed Balls is like a drunk trying to drink his way out of alcoholism.

I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local town library on their way to work, and I'd go and work my way through the children's area.

I've had times where I walked up to the line, where I know the play, but don't know what to do.