Ninon de L'Enclos

Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.

If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet.

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.