She had a way of embroidering life with stars.

The world may be mean, but people don't have to be, not if they refuse.

His history is redeemed not in minutes but in lifetimes.

Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. Less but better is a principle whose time has come.

Now it was time for him to move out. She wasn't there, so he must go for both of them. It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength.

It is. And yet so few really are free. Nearly all people live in prisons of their own making, regardless of their faith, creed, sex or race.

You can crab over the morning paper and kick the shins of the guy in the next seat at the movies and feel mean and discouraged and sneer at the politicians but there are a lot of nice people in the...

If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't. If you like to win, but you think you can't, it is almost certain you won't. If you think you'll lose, you're lost. For out...

It's a new day, he murmured against my flushed skin. Let's just see where it takes us.

One does not have to be a priest to be a man!

Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes {... }. He says they consent to die because their animals and can't understand hope. But humans are different. They fight against death no...

All we women have are our dreams – so of course we are dreamers.

Good words," I replied. "But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don't forget resolutions formed in the hour of fear.

Go," she whispered. "Go. Show them you spell your name W-O-M-A-N.

That knowledge humbles me, melts my bones, closes my ears, and makes my teeth rock loosely in their gums. And it also liberates me. I am a big bird winging over high mountains, down into serene...

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.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

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.