If you have to fight a crowd of boys, it's best to go for the biggest one. That way you won't have to fight them all. The others will see that you mean business and you will win their respect.
Suzanne VegaLast year's troubles, They shine up so prettily, They gleam with a lustre they don't have today.
Suzanne VegaI was the oldest child, and both my parents worked, so I had a great deal of responsibility from a very young age.
Suzanne VegaA lot of my writing is not terribly civilized. Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a civil place with certain formalities that people follow, but I don't see things that way. My own experience tells me that life is not like that. That's why I write the way I do.
Suzanne Vega