The caged bird sings with a fearful trill,of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Now I appreciate that for those of you who have stayed with me this far, there's nothing too surprising about this romantic development. You probably saw it coming. But I didn't

No one is going to admit it to you, but we're all miracles out here, every last one of us.

I've always thought the best relationships are those that are as happy and content in silence as they are in action {...}

There are two important days in a woman's life: the day she is born and the day she finds out why.

As long as you have life and breath, believe. Believe for those who cannot. Believe even if you have stopped believing. Believe for the sake of the dead, for love, to keep your heart beating, believe....

Why, there's the air, the sky, the morning, the evening, moonlight, my friends, women, the beautiful architecture of Paris to study, three big books to write and all sorts of other things. Anaxagoras...

Ah, Monsieur Priest, you love not the crudities of the true. Christ loved them. He seized a rod and cleared out the Temple. His scourge, full of lightnings, was a harsh speaker of truths. When he...

Out, out brief candle, life is but a walking shadow...a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

There's a good reason for everything, ain't there?

Sometimes you have to steer away from the crowd in order to be a better person. It's not always easy, that's for sure. But it's right. And sometimes doing the right thing feels good, even if it does...

In the English language, it all comes down to this: Twenty-six letters, when combined correctly, can create magic. Twenty -six letters form the foundation of a free, informed society.

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.

Being a dominatrix gave me the ultimate power: to sing without self-consciousness.

Our love would be solace, companionship, and the mending of wounds.

Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.

Are you born again?" he asked, as we taxied down the runway. He was rather prim and tense, maybe a little like David Eisenhower with a spastic colon. I did not know how to answer for a moment."Yes," I...

We all know we're going to die; what's important is the kind of men and women we are in the face of this.

By the time I was sixteen I had read many books and I had become a freethinker.

Once he had watched Liz making a silk braid. One end was pinned to the wall and on each finger of her raised hands she was spinning loops of thread, her fingers flying so fast he couldn't see how it...

Entitlement is simply the belief that you deserve something. Which is great. The hard part is, you'd better make sure you deserve it. So, how did I make sure that I deserved it?To answer that, I would...

By the time I was fourteen the nail in my wall would no longer support the weight of the rejection slips impaled upon it. I replaced the nail with a spike and went on writing.

Shit don't mean shit

The mind of man is capable of anything-because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there after all? Joy, fear, sorrow, devotion, valour, rage-who can tell?-but...

I was also supposed to quiz my various companions on a number of important matters such as nostalgia, fear of unknown animals, food fantasies, nocturnal emissions, hobbies, choice of radio program,...

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.-Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho {1983}

You'll make mistakes because it's impossible to know what is or isn't a mistake until it's made.

Life sucks, and then you die...

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