Isolated, she managed somehow to feel free—albeit with a freedom that made her want to smash a hole in the very center of the universe.

You're never ready for what you have to do. You just do it. That makes you ready.

There is no past. Past is present when you carry it with you.

She'd abandoned the animal she loved as she herself had been abandoned repeatedly in the past by people who had claimed to love her.

The neurologist had dismissed her case after a single visit, handing out an easy nostrum by telling her father that if she continued to write poetry, she would be all right.

It is so much more threatening to have something out of hand than to believe that at any moment I can stop (I started to say "This foolishness") any time I need to.

I walk, talk and act like a king even though I know there's no royalty in my bloodline

Understanding is the other name of love. If you don’t understand, you can’t love.

Listen to the beat of your soul ~Soul Eater

Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.

Politics has become infused with narcissism in America.

From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I had a choice. I read a lot of things, but history had a special appeal for me.

I think I have a pugnacious style. My style is not pretty. I don't use words like "amber" or "opaque."

The Eagle has landed.

No kid should be getting three or four hours of homework a night. There's no breathing time, there's no family time, there are just extracurriculars and homework and then go to bed.