Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail.

Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached.

Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.

If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?

If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain.

The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.

None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.

A Bombshell wants it all, yet she is beginning to see shecan’t have it all at once.

You have the right to chose your destiny, otherwise you will be left to live someone else's idea of what your life should be.

I'm often asked which author I am most inspired by, but I'm inspired by all authors. It takes a great deal of courage to pour your onto paper and watch silently as the world judges it loudly.

Writing: I certainly do rewrite my central myth in every book and would never read or trust any writer who did not also do so.

I was a bike rider, a photographer and a history student, probably in that order. (On his early years)

You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up feeling totally insecure about myself.

I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.

From the theft of confidential cables to 21st century protest movements, to development breakthroughs that have the potential to change millions of lives, we are all in uncharted territory.

There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.

It didn’t matter the quality of the writing— Callie’s fantasies about her fictional heroes were entirely democratic.