We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground.
I like being near the top of a mountain. One can't get lost here.
I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
Whether you want it or not, your genes have a political past, your skin a political tone. your eyes a political color. . . . you walk with political steps on political ground.
Inspiration is not the exclusive privilege of poets or artists. There is, there has been, there will always be a certain group of people whom inspiration visits. It's made up of all those who've consciously chosen their calling and do their job with love and imagination. Difficulties and setbacks never quell their curiosity. A swarm of new questions emerges from every problem that they solve. Whatever inspiration is, it's born from a continuous 'I don't know. '
I'm old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.
Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there's no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
We are essentially outsiders and that is the best definition of an entrepreneur I have ever come across.
The law must have the last word.
When you reach round a dark corner to switch on a light, be careful. Slenderman will often run his finger over the back of your hand. This is the first signal of his interest in you.
Society became my glittering bride, And airy hopes my children.