“The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.”

“But why is it that within me "I don't want to" and "I want to" stand side by side? That is the chief horror of the matter; I continue to long for that happy death of yesterday. The horror of it is that even now, when I have integrated the logical function, when it becomes evident that that function contains death hidden within it, still I long for it with my lips, my arms, my heart, with every millimeter....”

“Government has become ungovernable; that is, it cannot leave off governing. Law has become lawless; that is, it cannot see where laws should stop. The chief feature of our time is the meekness of the mob and the madness of the government.”

“A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.”

“The heart can function but it never entirely heals.”

“My most important title is still “mom-in-chief.” My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world.”