“You cannot be anything if you want to be everything.”

“Don’t allow anyone to pressure you into taking a job in a field that doesn’t feel right in your gut. You are the one who has to live your life every day, so make sure you’re happy with the choices you make. Once you identify the plan that’s right for you, pursue it wholeheartedly. Then, whether you’re raking in dough or you’re a full-time mom with a baby in tow, you will be happy.”

“Never feel bad for being assertive, speaking your mind, and putting your foot down. What you think is anger, others see as a good solid display of self-esteem. ”

“The doctrine of original sin is the doctrine according to which divine forgiveness makes known the accidental nature of human mortality, thus permitting an entirely new anthropological understanding.”

“...you can't write well with only the nice parts of your character, and only about nice things. And I don't want even to try anymore. I want to use everything, including hate and envy and lust and fear.”

“You said that love could not be feigned and could not be stolen" she said passionately. "And now you say I am to be your queen. And yet you imprison me and give me no freedom. You know what it is like to be caged, It is a death. You tell me I cannot hide from you and yet you punish me for hiding.You say you do not want me to fear you and you treat me like I am a slave. Forgive me my Lord"-and here she bowed her head sadly, contrite and meek-"I don not understand why you are punishing me for something you say I cannot do. I do not understand your love, if this is the love you offer me.”

“I cannot go with you all the way on your journey, but I would go as far as I might”