“You speak your mind, don't you...? A rare find in a woman.”

“When this you see, remember me and bear in your mind-may all the world say what it may, speak of me as you find.”

“You don't change peoples mind by the words you speak... you inspire change in their hearts by the life you live.”

“Because you don't learn anything unless you can find the patience to read. TV takes that away from you. It robs you from your mind.”

“Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.”

“She was looking for something I could never give her." Again his dark eyes bored into Julia's mind. "You have something of the same about you, young woman. Take my advice: Don't think you will find it in another person. You won't. It's not there. You must find it in yourself.”