"Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on."

"I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense."

"Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so."

"Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance."

"Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative."

"Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool."

"You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it."

"My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I think I cannot keep from thinking."