Freedom so often means that one isn't needed anywhere.

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

Success is never so interesting as struggle

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.

It takes a great deal of experience to become natural.

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

The end is nothing; the road is all.

Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil.

More often than not, when something looks like it's the absolute end, it is really the beginning.

Wit is better as a seasoning than as a whole dish by itself.

Look at me! I'm sweet and lovable!

I think, as a white person, I do not want to speak for a black person.

I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his suggested that I try out for the first west coast production of Annie.

All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.

There are two ways of reaching the people. One way is to invite them to come to you, the other way is to go to them.

Sport is a great equalizer that can build bridges, transcend borders and cultures, and render even the fiercest conflicts temporarily irrelevant.

The scene that made me furious was watching Padme, a woman who just gave birth to two beautiful children, just giving up the will to live.