There is nothing so unsatisfactory as an ending with loose ends, this modern tendency to leave books incomplete.

If women have influence, it is only-and then only sometimes-within their home. Men control all the political and economic power, the culture and customs; they proclaim the laws and apply them as they...

She had had to weave love with memories...

There is no wisdom without spirituality, and true spirituality always includes service

In all social classes except the most privileged, abnegation and hard work are considered the supreme female virtues; a spirit of sacrifice is a question of honor: the more one suffers for family, the...

Leanne lighted an oil lamp and they continued until the moment came to receive the baby. 'Erzulie, mother loa, help it be born,' Tete prayed aloud. 'Saint Raymond Nonatus, pay attention, do not let an...

She considered herself a comet sailing through the wind, and, frightened by her own inner mutiny, sometimes gave in to the temptation to think of someone who would put a brake on her impulses; but...

The mind is much more interesting than the body.

Learn, discuss, then take a walk. The essential point is that teachers must encourage personal processing time or settling time after new learning so that material can solidify.

The bliss of the ordinary, the true summering among familiar things and always close faces, replaced the dangerous and exhilarating happiness of lively spaces and dreamed flights through them.

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anger is the emotion of a lesser person.

Everyone says that love requires the utmost honesty, but that's not entirely true. Once I knew that my father was suffering for my sake—really suffering—I learned that love, especially the...

I did not hesitate to be disagreeable to preserve my independence.

Americans believe that alcoholism is a disease and the alcoholic a sick person who needs help and treatment. The NCA

Guidance, also a part of helping the infant and child to develop and grow, may include advice, assistance, and any other form of help, verbal or non-verbal. It also includes modeling and teaching...

Cultural differences are real, and cannot be talked away by using pejorative terms such as "stereotypes" or "racism."

Magic is always pushing and drawing and making things out of nothing. Everything is made out of magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So it must be...

You're sort of like the Paris Hilton of wine, Martin had offered. She'd nearly keeled over in horror.

I thought I heard you—one of you—saying it was a pity—a pity I never had any children … eh? … But I have, you know … I have …

You cannot judge the importance of things by the noise they make.

Children are not coloring books. We cannot fill them with our favorite colors.

She had this laugh. I swear it's why I married her, Laila, for that laugh! It bulldozed you. You stood no chance against it.

So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one. But just the one. Don't either of you ask me for more. It's late, and we have a long day of travel ahead of us, Pari, you and I. You will need your...

He says this is war. There is no shame in war. Tell him he's wrong. War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.

All my life, I'd been around men. That night, I discovered the tenderness of a woman.

And this is what I want you to understand, that good, real good, was born out of your father's remorse. Sometimes, I think everything he did, feeding the poor on the streets, building the orphanage,...

There is a force of persuasion in the scent, stronger than that of words, glances, feelings, and will. It cannot be rejected, it penetrates our lungs like the air we breathe, it overflows within us,...

I thought that if you have to play wrong to realize, then it's better if you never realize. Do you see, that's just how I am.

Only thieves and children run.