You drove a dagger through my back, Elena. It hurt.

I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the sufferings of others.

Selfish prudence is too often allowed to come between duty and human life.

There is no one as dangerous as he or she who has nothing to lose.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I was an anorexic, beer drinking, class cutting, doodling, shoplifting, skater chick that was into nature, art class, and the beach.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.

It takes four generations to recover from every act of violence.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

Mankind is like ocean, we only see the things which comes up! If we wanna know someone better we need a deeper dive.

I just don't get it. You've been in love with this bloke since you were a kid, and he's never once got his hair cut short enough that it doesn't poke him in the damn eye.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

If you have time don't wait for time.

We need a balanced, long term energy policy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and preserve the beauty of the land we love.

I've had my bubblegum years and I did them well. Now it's time to come back as the woman, artist, and musician that I am without apologizing.

I've no idea what Eddie Irvine's orders are, but he's following them superlatively well.

Each one of us has it in themselves to be a free spirit, just as every rose bud has in it a rose.

How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock 'n' roll! They love it like you love Jesus.

Nothing extraordinary happens to a cricketer if you time his career - which is very short.