The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves.

Tell me there is still good in the world. Tell me there is still hope for all of us.

... and Lynn is dead inside, like a corpse. She Instagrams methodically, clinically, as if she's gathering evidence for defense, like her entire life is dedicated to proving that she has a life.

Men will allow God to be everywhere except on his Throne

Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ's followers get from the world.

Things started to get out of control when I began reading that I was a superstar.

Religion is not in want of art; it rests on its own majesty.

[Jill Stein] want a global treaty to halt climate change that adds teeth and ends destructive energy extraction.

My code of life and my personal bushido is honour, respect, loyalty, courage and surrender.

Time really has gone by fast. I don’t know if your path is pre-written or what, but it’s crazy how one thing just leads to another.

Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background.