I think every young girl at some point in her early life wonders what it's like to be a princess. They like the idea of dressing up and the fun of it.
It is not a happy lot being a princess in any country, but especially Japan in which every tiny aspect of one's life is governed by the most rigid rules of protocol.
I seek truth over a lie; I seek justice over injustice; I seek righteousness over the rewards of evildoers, and I love Allah more than I love the state.
I'll probably never fully become what I wanted to be when I grew up, but that's probably because I wanted to be a ninja princess.
I enjoy taking jobs that make fun of me - or me as Princess Leia, or me as the writer, or whatever, as some idea.
How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?
As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities.
Oh, 1994, April 27. There won't be a day like that ever again. I mean, the sky was blue, with a blueness that had never been there before.
When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens.
Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire. You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.
We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.
I want to play a princess or some woman from royalty or aristocracy. If I get to have an accent, even better. And I want to play a butt-kicking superhero, like Catwoman.
The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.
Attack those concepts such as 'third world.' Think about it. If we look at it in terms of numbers, then people of color are the majority in this world. We should be the 'first world.'
I loved Charlotte Bronte when I was little, and I wanted to be Charlotte Bronte the way people want to be a princess.
I considered myself one of the boys. My brothers didn't spoil me at all, not at all. I was very tomboyish. It wasn't as if I was like a princess or anything like that.
Princess Tilde: [In a thick, Swedish accent] If you save the world, We can do it in the asshole.
Osa: Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed. But still, you find reasons to keep living.
Hii-sama: You cannot change fate. However, you can rise to meet it, if you so choose.
Jigo: When you're going to kill a god, let someone else do your dirty work.
