Say what you will to the force that governs the universe. Perhaps we'll call it into being, and it will yet love us as we love it.

It's so easy to persecute an older, overweight, unwise, crude, ignorant woman who may very well be a good person at heart who has achieved a great deal in her life. So easy to vilify her and hate her and try to destroy her life. Woe to anyone today who is not slender, young, clever and politically correct.

Invest in a feather duster - the possibilities are endless.

My greatest sin has always been that I have a wonderful time being myself

Sweet to think on it, that when we are last weary of all this world there is the rising sun

Curses of vanished elders echoed down on me; too pretty, too soft, too pale, eyes far too full of the Devil, ah, that devilish smile

As for oblivion, well, we can wait a little while for that.