They were very sweet words. Words that soothed the gaping hurt in her soul. But the devil was good when it comes to dealing with damaged souls.

Wisdom is a lamp

Life's objective is life itself.

The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.

Logic will never change emotion or perception.

He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity.

The sensual world cannot be avoided. We're in it at every moment. We are part of it.

My grandmother could never have written a memoir, so 'The Gravedigger's Daughter' is a homage to her life, and to the lives of other young women of her generation, which are so rarely articulated.

A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone. Go back to school, little Starling.

What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.

You want to live a life in which the things you have traded your hard-earned money for are quality items that really do uplift your life.