I would rather have 30 minutes of "wonderful" than a lifetime of nothing special.

I wish i were a little girl again, because skinned knees are easier to fix than broken heart.

How mighty you are as death comes upon you and your color fades. Yet from life and lush to bold array, screaming into the night.

The frog became a prince. The young girl believed and that made the difference. People become who they think they are

I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.

With climbing you can go to the most beautiful places on the planet and practice. Anywhere there is rock, you can climb.

Most people can't handle a structureless life.

I believe in the necessity for struggle by people at the bottom of any society.

We had to create an album where there wasn't one. I never listen to that album [ Music From the Edge of Heaven] because it wasn't an album.

To provide employment for the poor, and support for the indigent, is among the primary, and, at the same time, not least difficult cares of the public authority.

The status quo is never news, only challenges to it.

The strangest of our powers Is the courage to live Knowing that we will die, Knowing nothing more true.