"I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind."

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

"A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone."

"Honest people don't hide their deeds."

"When you start a new project, you wonder whether it's the right choice."

"Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there."

"I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society."

"It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women."