There's time enough, but none to spare.

Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.

As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust.

Race prejudice is the devil unchained.

We sometimes underestimate the influence of little things

We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings.

I think I must write a book. It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to the task.

Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.

We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of our creation.

The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image.

Songs edify the soul.

I held a precious, beautiful butterfly in my hands but let it get away.

Avarice is patriotic!

Sometimes you have to be a bad person to save yourself, and it takes a little chunk out of your soul, but you do it anyway.

Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare.

I understand better than she'd imagine that history is indelible. You can mask it; you can patch it smooth and clear; but you always know what's hidden underneath.

There is no misery in art. All art is about saying yes, and all art is about its own making.

Don’t have a fall back, because if you do, you’ll fall back.

The best vaccine imaginable is only valuable to the extent we get it to everyone who needs it.

I am not a prophet; I cannot predict what will happen.