"It takes me ages to write stuff."

“Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.”

“So good to be alive when the eulogies are read.”

“The angels can be thought of as our prayer partners.”

Source : Terry Lynn Taylor (1996). “Angel Days”, Ballantine Books

“But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have been before the public my secret methods have been steadily shielded by the strict integrity of my assistants, most of whom have been with me for years.”

“The Athens Olympics will be meaningful even though I cannot participate as an athlete, since I can participate in the flame relay all over the world.”

“Spring is the shortest season.”

“Negative thoughts were treated by Cherokee healers with the same medicines as wounds, headaches, or physical illness. It was believed that unchecked negative thoughts can permeate the being and manifest themselves in negative actions.”

Source : Wilma Mankiller, Gloria Steinem (2016). “Every Day Is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women”, p.47, Fulcrum Publishing

“Women are on the outside when the door to the smoke-filled room is closed.”