Prayer is a long rope with a strong hold.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

An angry wife can be more frightening than an army of disgruntled soldiers.

Lack of independent thinking is lacking in confidence.

Once I was liable to the same mistakes, but, thanks to God, no longer …’Well, isn’t it just as worthwhile to have devoted and applied yourself to this goal as to have read or written fifty pages?

'Communication Breakdown' - it was punchy and direct, with a real attitude that was different to other bands going around.

I collaborate with people because their music talk to me as much as mine talk to them.

In any matter where we have questions, we have a right to ask the Holy Spirit to lead us and to expect His gentle guiding.

And we came forth to contemplate the stars.

If she's really psychic," Zack said when he saw Tanisha's photo at school, "why does she need a doorbell?

If you're gonna be free, you gotta stop caring what everyone thinks.

My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.