The pain we bring to others we cannot escape ourselves.

We’re born alone and we die alone, I accept that. But why, God, do we have to be alone in the middle?

happy women get softer and rounder.

If you would have peace, genuine peace, you must accept all the aspects of your personality and learn to be comfortable with them.

I'm Irish!...When I feel well I feel better than anyone, when I am in pain I yell at the top of my lungs, and when I am dead I shall be deader than anybody.

Waiting is worse than knowing. Grief rends the heart cleanly, that it may begin to heal; waiting shreds the spirit.

Wine could become a place rather than a beverage.

Intuition is the voice of the spirit within you.

He took her into his arms again, using all his strength to be gentle, and let his lips touch hers so lightly he could hardly feel it.

There is a cruelty that lurks in some men’s souls which is only released when they have other men in their power.

Bodies wear out to remind us they are temporary, and force us to spend more thought on our spirits

I changed it. I had to. Do you know why?" She studied him, her eyes grave. "Because that was then and this is now. Because the past is gone, even though it defines the present.

Don’t promise when you’re happy, don’t reply when you’re angry, and don’t decide when you’re sad.

Are you prepared for the first wound?

To do what we love we miss the ones we love. Long distance letters and phone calls and anything to make the distance disappear! That's what this means to me.

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.

The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength.

I come from a family of communist nudists. I was allowed to do or not do what I liked. My parents were not interested in whether I went to school or got drunk on white wine.

Male philosophers coin phrases -- 'virtue is its own reward' -- and female workers embody them.

The easiest story to sell is the story we want to buy.

It's hard sometimes to not want to know what people are saying behind your back and to ignore certain things that are being written.