Call me crotchety, but I didn’t like being bossed around, especially before I’d injected caffeine into my system. Violet Parker

I’m not ‘stubborn.’”“Oh, really?”Lifting my chin, I said, “I’m determined.” (Violet to Doc)

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

I understand the sacred words of the sacred souls.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.

If English money was of the same value then as before, Hamburgh money must have risen in value. But where is the proof of this?

The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them.

The world is the sum-total of our vital possibilities.

Lu-cy...you have some s'plainin' to do. ~Gem

Every constellation’s like its own fairy tale.

I think money is pretty straightforward. Get some money in; pay off what you owe, the rest is yours.

You know, it's always good to have a synonym just for variety.