What delusion has come over me? What sweet madness has seized me?

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

The idea of seeing the sea - of being near it - watching its changes by sunrise, sunset, moonlight, and noonday - in calm, perhaps in storm - fills and satisfies my mind.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Oh madam, when you put bread and cheese, instead of burnt porridge, into these children's mouths, you may indeed feed their vile bodies, but you little think how you starve their immortal souls!

Good-night, my-" He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

God did not give me my life to throw it away.

What you want to ignite in others must first burn inside yourself.

It is difficult to want to tell a grave that it is not immortal. It's so obvious at that point.

It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while.

I often think that the prime directive for me as a teacher of writing is akin to that for a physician, which is this: do no harm.

I have a strong sympathy for all women who have struggled and suffered.

I was hit by a car once on my bike, but I still rode home.

I like blogs. they're good times.

I wanted to be a Bride of Christ but I guess now I'm a young divorcee.

Of all the pairs the Throne endorsed None rose to burn as bright As Lucifer, the Morning Star, And Lucinda, his Evening Light

Real leadership is not about prestige, power, or status. It is about responsibility.

Retribution is really a stone age concept.