Winning is often simply getting up off the ground one more time than your opponent.
If it means something, take it to heart. If it means nothing, it's nothing. Let it go.
When it's done, it's done. And no one will know until it's done.
In Spain," indeed! He would have got no closer than the Indies if I had not showed him how to do it. Stupid puppy.
But Anne, do you love him?" I asked curiously. The curve of her hood hid all but the corner of her smile. "I am a fool to own it, but I am in a fever for his touch.
I wanted the heat and the sweat and the passion of a man that I could love and trust. And I wanted to give myself to him: not for advantage, but for desire.
She looked at me as if for a moment she would seek someone who would understand the dreadful predicament of a woman, in this world ruled by men.
Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.
I think the education system is great just the way it is. There's kids in my neighborhood in Los Angeles, seven years old, that can already speak fluent Spanish.
That queen of secrecy, the violet.
The firmament of the Bible is ablaze with answers to prayer.