I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have.
I shudder at the thought of men. . . . I'm due to fall in love again
Don't look at me in that tone of voice.
You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.
That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say 'No' in any of them.
The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.
Control was just wishful thinking, and you controlled things to hedge your bets, to be safe, to guard against loss.
As a writer no one's gonna tell me how to write. I'm gonna write the way I wanna write!
We cannot let colorblindness become myopia which masks the reality that many "created equal" have been treated within our lifetimes as inferior both by the law and by their fellow citizens.
It has taken awhile, but I certainly do know it now – the most wonderful gift I had, the gift I finally learned to cherish above all else, was the gift of all those perfectly ordinary days.