If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is subhuman. The second thing you have to do is convince your allies so you'll have some help, and the third and probably unkindest cut of all is to convince that person that he or she is subhuman and deserves it.

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.

We need to not be in denial about what we've done, what we've come through. It will help us if we all do that.

She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.

At our best, we're all teachers

I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.

One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things.