But from a distance. I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.

You rose into my life like a promised sunrise, brightening my days with the light in your eyes. I've never been so strong. Now I'm where I belong.

Reduce your humanity through what Jules Feiffer called little murders. The minute I hear someone trying to demean me, I know that that person means to have my life. And I will not give it to them. When a person commits these little murders, and then you catch him or her at it, he or she might say, "Oh, I didn't mean it." But make no mistake: It is an assassination attempt.

I did what I knew.. when I knew better, I did better

Reality has changed chameleonlike before my eyes so many times that I have learned, or am learning, to trust almost anything except what appears to be so.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Because of technological breakthroughs, the society will need fewer and fewer unskilled laborers.