“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”

“Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another--physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in...”

“Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”

“Some people feel love in their hearts, Julie. Some of us feel it all way into our souls. We're the ones who can't forget.”

“Let me tell you about love, that silly word you believe is about whether you like somebody or whether somebody likes you or whether you can put up with somebody in order to get something or...”

“He will love only once - but it will be for always.”

“It was an opportunity to intervene at the heart of the problem: to bring God and language to natives who were assumed to have neither; to alter their diets, their clothes, their minds; to he...”

“You can't outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little sidebets about the outcome of life. either you wade in and risk everything you have to play the game or you don't play at al...”

“Respect yourself and others will come to respect you. That is true about all of us, but especially true about women. That is the meaning of honour.”