"I long for scenes where man has never trod;... There to abide with my Creator, God."

“Good food is a celebration of life.”

“The question was asked, how can you be a mother and a congresswoman? I said, I have a brain, I have a uterus and they both work.”

“Slaves. though we be enrolled Minds are never to be sold.”

“There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off.”

“The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them!”

Source : Ann Radcliffe (2015). “The Mysteries of Udolpho”, p.550, Simon and Schuster

“You can't be happy that fire cooks your food and be mad it burns your fingertips.”

“One of the greatest myths of all time is that so-called civilized man is no longer an animal, and for that reason can strive to disarm himself and grow fat with false concepts.”

Source : "The Anarchist Cookbook". Book by William Powell, Chapter Three: "Natural, Nonlethal, and Lethal Weapons", p. 93, 1971.

“A good marriage is loving someone in a lot of different circumstances. Respect for them and their views and ideas and the life that they're leading with you. Shared values and interests. A good sense of humour. And a little volatility along the way.”