Strange that only a little problem of your own will take your mind far from a tragedy belonging to others.

Why is it, I wonder, that people suffer, when there is so little need, when an effort of will and some hard work would bring them from their misery into peace and contentment.

I saw my father as a man, and not, as a man who was my father.

You will only learn in a fight how much you've got to learn.

Glorious is the Voice of Man, and sweet is the music of the harp.

Let the Unions become engines for the working people to right their wrongs. Not benefit societies, or burial clubs. Let the Unions become civilian regiments to fight in the cause of the people.

Pain is a good cleanser of the mind and therefore of the sight. Matters which seem to mean the world, in health, are found to be of no import when pain is hard upon you.

Now you know what hurt it brings to women when men come into the world. Remember, and make it up to your Mama and to all women.

As your father keeps clean his lamp to have good light, so keep clean your spirit.

She has passed information to you. Figures names and facts. You have learnt nothing very much. But you have a splendid memory. It will help you when you start to learn.

Man is a coward in space, for he is by himself.

I am going to stop mainlining my life force / Into your self-esteem: / Air pump girl blowing up boy rubber ball / You can stay flat and go nowhere by yourself

DaughterA sprinkle of sparkle, A dazzle of sweet, A flutter of cute, From your head to your feet.

What I did not know was how longing could store itself away in the hollows of one's bones and then one day without warning flood out.

By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the age of the small man.

I love watching people listen. And on film often some of the best moments if you think about favorite moments on film, often the person isn't even talking.

I would love it if my book was considered chick-lit or a beach read. That would be great. People would buy my book.

If you are convinced of a matter, you must take sides or you don't deserve to succeed.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

My motivational music is any music that helps me escape. There are certain records that take you to euphoria, when you're partying and havin' a good time, dancin' with a couple people.

I hate it when bands do that; they're so proud of their new album, they have to play all of it and a couple of golden oldies.