-- that books were mirrors, reflective in sometimes unpredictable ways.

Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.

But what are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears?

I needed her to stop. Needed not to hear the pain in her voice--to see the way she was twisting the pocketbook strap. If she kept talking, she might break down and tell me everything.

If I could just write it down in a piece of paper, then maybe she could get a decent night's sleep, eat a little of her dinner. Maybe she could have a minute's worth of peace.

Witches seek the sacred knowledge the rest of the world has already forgotten.

I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of catfish.

You shouldn't have to sue somebody to get justice. It ought to come through administrative process.

This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long.

There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.

By investing others with the power to dictate who you are, you rob yourself of an opportunity to truly grow.

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

When Jesus got to the point when most people today are thinking of retirement, he goes - 'time to save the world!'

No big shocker that following Jesus is costly. The best things in life always are.

We've had the same set designer and the same crew in many cases since 1972.