If I have to be alone I want to be by myself.

Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it; I saw Indians smash my dear parents' heads on the pillow next to mine, and I have seen some reddish work done at night, and I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down! - Abigail

The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone.

He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.

Try to keep the rebel artist alive in you, no matter how attractive or exhausting the temptation.

I am a good woman. I know it.

I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been.