Among women, guilt spreads with the rampant fury of bubonic plague. . . . I used to feel guilty if the cat had matted fur.
Remember, if people talk about you behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead of them.
Hazel always used to say There's not enough darkness in the entire universe to snuff out the light of just one little candle.
I just know there's an albino living in the colored quarters. I can feel it in my bones.
The ones that hurt the most always say the least.
No matter what you look like, there's somebody who's gonna think you're the handsomest man in the world.
I brought a picture with me that I had at home, of a girl in a swing with a castle and pretty blue bubbles in the background, to hang in my room, but that nurse here said the girl was naked from the waist up and not appropriate. You know, I've had that picture for fifty years and I never knew she was naked. If you ask me, I don't think the old men they've got here can see well enough to notice that she's bare-breasted. But, this is a Methodist home, so she's in the closet with my gallstones.
I believe that the way we choose to live significantly affects the health of our bodies and the health of our planet. I do my best to eat and live as naturally as possible, but it's not always easy. At the same time, I want to live fashionably and surrounded by the highest quality.
The most dangerous of all false doctrines is the one seasoned with a little truth. It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.
Becoming an artist cannot be taught. A degree and diligence is not a guarantee that one can become an 'artist.
I will repeat a technique until it is mastered, no matter when that will be. One certainty though: it will be.