I only wanted to help my people.

If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it owing allegiance to a government such as yours.

The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.

I thank god that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.

Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln for in him I saw the destroyer.

A true woman always loves a real soldier.

As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.

What a jolly thing military surveillance is!

Just previous to the birth of my little son, my mind gave way and my child was born in the asylum for the insane at Stockton, Cal. My boy was buried there.

Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on.

But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles

Knowledge is the beauty of a diamond, but wisdom is the shining reflection of that beauty.

Work is tough for everyone but for Kyle Shannon, it's just murder.

You humans always try to make things too simple, except when you’re trying to make things too complicated. You can never just be with what is.

Thorough preparation must lead to success. Neglect nothing.

We should go forth on the shortest walk, perchance in the spirit of undying adventure, never to return - sending back our embalmed hearts only as relics to our desolate kingdoms.

When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

I grew up like Athena — covered with playing cards instead of armor — and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV show, doing magic.

Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.