When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That's why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are

One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.

Without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.

Intelligence always had a pornographic influence on me.

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

I was told many years ago by my grandmother who raised me: If somebody puts you on a road and you don't feel comfortable on it and you look ahead and you don't like the destination and you look behind and you don't want to return to that place, step off the road.