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Because religion has such a compelling hold on the deep psyches of so many people, feminists cannot afford to leave it in the hands of the fathers.

Everyone who doesn't want to believe in supernormal powers says the people who experience them are psycho. What the hell kind of a world is this if all magic moments are psychotic?

My belief in ghosts swings with the wind. But my belief that the cemetery felt happy and not sad—I've never changed my mind about that.

In those days the worst vice in England was pride, I guess—the worst vice of all, because folks thought it was a virtue.

I start sentences with ands and buts. I end sentences with prepositions.

This child did not need to "change his behaviors." We needed to understand his behaviors and what they suggested as the probable underlying reason for the behaviors. We needed to remember that behaviors are a message, a symptom—not a diagnosis.

young social psychologist named Leon Festinger

I have had stalkers over the years. The police deal with it but it is very scary. One man kept turning up where we filmed 'Countdown in Leeds ' which was scary. It was sad as he'd been sectioned and thought I was talking to him through the TV.

Sarky beast," said

I say, Rodney, there's one of your typical Scottish 'raggediers' now." His accent was British, exaggeratedly well-bred.

Flattery is the province of fools—those who give it and those who believe it.

I had occasion to test the law of gravity. I am happy to report it is intact.

They trusted me as men carelessly, always, trust women-- as if this trust, this confidence was their birthright. A mistake-- in this case, at any rate.

reflected from a diamond shape of tiny white shark's teeth.

Writing a book is like dating. It's exciting. It's dreamy. And after four years, I just want to end it.

Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers, so we could identify their corporate sponsors.

You have an alarming streak of chivalry for a butler. I'd accuse you of aping your betters, but I have met your houseguests.

Wilder's "truth" was less a matter of fact than of her memories, feelings, and convictions. Her work was based on facts but not factual. It was historical fiction, not history. Its chronology, and certain incidents and characters, were invented, altered, and fictionalized.

I realize with regret that my report is not as complete as it should be," she wrote, "and had fully intended to do better, but we are told that good intentions make excellent paving stones.

It seems impossible to dispense with that little word hope, even though at times we are conscious of the pain of hopes too long deferred.

I love Stephen King as much as any red rum drinking American, but I resent the fact that I, the bookseller, am his bitch.

It is my destiny to know people who abuse punctuation.

This man could say anything in the world to me and he'd still be the one shame-buying Dan Brown.

your friends "liked" your status in a way that leaves no doubt that you were the one dumped.