Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power.

I revealed my affection towards my former employer and felt sick at myself for betraying him. My grandfather stood and poured me another tall glass. He offered me a sour tomato to take the edge off of...

And he howled in agony, in a pain that would never cease as long as he lived. His tortured voice echoed in those mountains for a long long time...

Trigger warnings are the most ridiculous, patronizing and infantilizing creations ever to come out of feminism....But feminists adore trigger warnings because it reinforces the idea that women are rul...

I am proud to be a female and I know that we are strong. I do not need women parading themselves around in vagina suits and screaming vulgar terms to represent me. Let's keep it classy ladies.

One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.

[I] read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.

The Christian has been drawn unto Christ. Those who wish to boast in having something to do with their salvation, or who insist that the final decision lays with man, resist the clear meaning of Chris...

I'd kiss a frog even if there was no promise of a Prince Charming popping out of it. I love frogs.

The matter on which I judge people is their willingness, or ability, to handle contradiction. Thus was better than Burke when it came to the principle of the French revolution, but Burke did and said...

Pain is pain. It needs no description.

At the lip of a cliff, I look out over Lake Superior, through the bare branches of birches and the snow-covered branches of aspens and pines. A hard wind blows snow up out of a cavern and over my face...

You are what you love, not who loves you.

Tea carries within itself; knowledge, wisdom, and wellness; for the sake of giving.

If I were in his(Prophet Muhammad) presence, I would wash his feet.

An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.

But I could not fully admit it, even then. The way Suzanne's face looked as she watched him - I wanted to be with her. I thought that loving someone acted as a kind of protective measure, like they'd...

I've found that busting your ass on a daily basis to make your art good, clear, and meaningful creates the most luck.

Why am I anti-social?? Hey GreenWind can you answer me, little black biatch that I don't go out makes me anti social? How about the people which can't cross the street, everyday talking about football...

As day is to a sword, night is to a shield.