I wonder if Dave Bearden still dislikes me.

Whatever is going to happen is already happening.

I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news

They weren’t like dolls, because dolls had no feelings. Kids had feelings, just not any remotely related to yours.

When the bell rings, and lunch is over, I decide to come back here tomorrow, and the next day. I tell myself it really isn’t that bad.

I try to extract something positive from [every] situation even if it's just learning not to make the same mistake twice.

Mothering has been the richest experience of my life, but I am still opposed to Mother's Day. It perpetuates the dangerous idea that all parents are somehow superior to non-parents.

People suffer when they pursue a life or chase a dream that doesn’t belong to them.

There was a time in America not long ago when rock 'n' roll was called race music, and white kids who wanted to go see Chuck Berry were completely forbidden.

Every night before I turn out the lights to sleep, I ask myself this question: Have I done everything that I can.... Have I done enough?

Lack of prayer is the cause of lack of time.

Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned