I was born to be alone, and I always shall be but now I want to be.

When I was three years old I was taken with my family to a little town in Western Minnesota, where I lived a more or less vapid and ordinary life until I was ten.

I do not see any beauty in self-restraint.

The world is like a little marsh filled with mint and white hawthorn.

Fame is indeed beautiful and benign and gentle and satisfying, but happiness is something at once tender and brilliant beyond all things.

I am lithe, but fragile from constant involuntary self-analysis.

Genius of a kind has always been with me; an empty heart that has taken on a certain wooden quality; an excellent, strong woman's body and a pitiably starved soul.

A genius who does not know that he is a genius is no genius.

I do not sing nor play, but I adore music, particularly Chopin. I like him because I cannot understand him.

One must always say things that aim to interest, because in the world one must after all pay for one's keep.

I read of the Kalamazoo girl who killed herself after reading the book. I am not at all surprised. She lived in Kalamazoo, for one thing, and then she read the book.

There was a danger in asking too much of a child, but the danger of asking too little was almost equal.

I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust and loyalty. You don't ever want to second-guess whether you can tell your friend something.

Beginning to dismantle the Pentagon would save $1 trillion a year - a small government proposal if ever there was one.

The actions you take today not only impact you; they influence generations. Every matter matters for eternity.

The presidency is a serious job that requires sound judgment and good ideas, and there's no doubt in my mind that Jeb Bush has the experience and the character to be a great president.

If Bernie Sanders were liberated from the Democratic Party, it might be a whole new ballgame.

Crying is you, plus tears

I joined the Safe Climate Caucus because I believe in leaving a safer planet for future generations.

So we know that it's not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make sure that they can actually afford it.

By constant dripping, water hollows stone, A signet-ring from use alone grows thin, And the curved plowshare by soft earth is worn.