You couldn't say: It's not my fault. You couldn't say: It's not my responsibility.You could say: I will deal with this.You didn't have to want to. But you had to do it.

Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained.

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.

There's always a story. It's all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything's got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.

It's still magic even if you know how it's done.

It's a terrible thing for a man when his woman gangs up on him wi' a toad

Learnin’ how not to do things is as hard as learning how to do them.

Witches were a bit like cats. They didn’t much like one another’s company, but they did like to know where all the other witches were, just in case they needed them.

This book had two authors, and they were both the same person.

It's an unfair world, Child. Be glad you have friends.

You can't not help people just because they're stupid or forgetful or unpleasant... If I don't help them, who will?

Girls at war opt for a quieter cruelty than fistfights and drive-by shootings. Girls circumvent the corporeal and go straight for each other's souls. The bleeding is harder to stanch.

Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace.

I wanted to bathe myself in that burn, to let the radiation take my skin and flesh and bones until I was nothing but charged particles dancing in space.

I consider discipline indispensable, but it must be inner discipline, motivated by a common purpose and a strong feeling of comradeship.

When I recite poems onstage, I put myself into the very personal struggle and it grants tremendous perspective. At the same time you get another perspective on the poem you're reciting.

Tabloid news is tabloid news.

Power isn't everything ...its the only thing.

I don't think anyone can answer whether the Fed is going to have to tighten beyond neutral, ... You have to be looking at the economy going forward and that changes as additional data comes in.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief in denying them.

...there is power in self-sacrifice.