In our instinctive rebellion against pain, we are children again, and demand an active will to wreak our vengeance on.

Even when she was speaking, her soul was in prayer reposing on an unseen support.

You must mind and not lower the Church in people's eyes by seeming to be frightened about it for such a little thing.

A woman may get to love by degrees—the best fire does not flare up the soonest.

Her own misery filled her heart—there was no room in it for other people's sorrow.

In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider, it is hard to find rules without exception.

For every success, there is a system

Self-love is essential. Until you can learn how to feel loved in an empty room, you will not feel loved for very long in any other room.

Having the courage to speak one's mind is as important as knowing when the time is right to do so.

Live a fearless life.

Just because it's common doesn't make it less powerful.

Seeing how I've held your penis in my hand, I think that puts you firmly in the not a stranger category.

You can influence a whole plethora of things, and just as they can influence you then you can influence them.

There is no such thing as moral phenomena, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena

Chronologically she is twelve, but emotionally she is older, and intellectually older still.

To know oneself one should assert oneself.