I am not crying, but have tears in my heart.

I am afraid of people because they want me to lead the same kind of life as they do. They want me to dance jolly and cheerful things. I do not like jollity. I love life.

People like eccentrics. Therefore they will leave me alone, saying that I am a mad clown.

I have come to the conclusion that it is better to be silent than to speak.

They are stupid, they are beasts, they are meat, they are death. I am talking simply but without any affectation.

Don't kiss me", he said, looking into Natalie's eyes. There was a second's silence. "Let me kiss you. I'm old-fashioned that way.

In Ireland a writer is looked upon as a failed conversationalist.

I won. I mean, I became president.

I've always been an animal lover my entire life.

Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it.

Sin is not an unfortunate slip or a regrettable act; it is a posture of defiance against a holy God.

What changed their mind was Jimmy Carter's intervention against the Christian schools, trying to deny them tax-exempt status on the basis of so-called de facto segregation.

Our government needs to adopt a pro-market agenda that doesn't pick winners and losers, but it invites competition and it levels the playing field for everyone.

So that's who Finnick loves, I think. Not his string of fancy lovers in the Capitol. But a poor, mad girl back home.

Unless the old adage must be verified, That beggars mounted, run their horse to death.