If it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it could be a really ugly swan.

They will never believe that an ordinary girl could do such an extraordinary thing, " Genevieve worried. "What would I tell them?""Tell them there is no such thing as an ordinary girl, " said Bloom.

You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living.

Nobody can tell me what I can or can't do, except they can.

Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.

Persistence in prayer for someone whom we don't like, however much it goes against the grain to begin with, brings about a remarkable change in attitude.

I'm not in for killing another man, defending my holy land, as if there's a god who would understand.

Everybody got their something.

I'm not a skinny girl. I push it. I'm at the limit of chubbiness at all times, but I'm happy at all times.

D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Austin... and you. I'll be there soon.

A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of infinite consequence.