“I can imagine nothing more wonderful than always wanting to keep a man…It's this NOT wanting to keep them, and yet not quite being able to disentangle one's self, never quite having the ruthlessness to stike at the hands on the gunwale with an oar until they let go -- that's the horrible thing.”

“Keep things at arm's length… If you let anything come too near you want to hold on to it. And there is nothing a man can hold on to.”

“If you want to keep people subjugated, the last thing you place in their hands is a Bible. There's nothing more radical, nothing more revolutionary, nothing more subversive against injustice and oppression than the Bible.”

“I can only assume that there’s only one thing more frustrating than not being able to find someone, and that’s not being found. I would want someone to find me, more than anything.”

“If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.”

“Having more does not keep you from wanting more. And if you always want more - to be richer, more beautiful, more well known - you are missing the bigger picture, and I can tell you from experience, happiness will never come”

“The wounded want power, nothing else; they think it will keep them from being hurt again.”

“I don’t mean to be desperate or pretend that I’m not torn
But I don’t want to let go of the things that keep me warm”

“Nothing is more dreadful than a husband who keeps telling you everything he thinks, and always wants to know what you think.”

“I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.”