I really don’t think you should put your hand inside the manticore, dear. You don’t know where it’s been. —Enid Healy

Crazy gets all the knives.

The problem with people who say monsters don't really exist is that they're almost never saying it to the monsters." —Alice Healy

Nothing is real.

You can't make souffle rise twice.

in this room the hours of love still make shadows.

It almost feels like a movie or a- I know it's been said many times - that cable television is the new novel kind of thing - but it does feel like that.

I am struck by how many leading women... today started as Girl Scouts. It is an organization that obviously develops strong women leaders.

Assault weapons pose a grave threat to all Americans, but most especially to law enforcement officers on our city streets.

It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

Faith is the head chemist of the mind.

You cannot be loving when you are blaming. You cannot be loving when you are criticising. You cannot be loving when you are judging.