Lucy settled into August's kitchen as if they were a family.

My house feels like home when you're there.

There is no beyond, there is only here, the infinitely small, infinitely great and utterly demanding present.

May the fire in your soul, burn down all the fences and walls which this society is trying to build around you.

When my problems seem overwhelming and impossible to solve, I hold fast to these facts: God is real, He is right, and He cares.

I acted before I sang. And I did The Cosby Show, and things like that. But the music kind of came first. And it was a part of my essence. So I knew that I would evolve into this world.

You never observe a great intellectual movement in Europe in which the Jews do NOT greatly participate. The first Jesuits were Jews.

The art of subversion, of revolution, is to dislodge established customs by probing down to their origins in order to show how they lack authority and justice.

Kids believe in Santa; adults believe in childhood.

Political system is contrary to everything a feminine heart stands for. It lacks tenderness. It lacks poetry. It doesn't nurture. It doesn't love. And without those things, a woman's soul is bereft.

I don't know if I am a very good politician. I'm not a good hater.

Let your intentions create your methods and not the other way around.