When law enforcers are shown to have such unswerving integrity, only the most churlish among us would question the methods they use to "get their man…

- Donna Woolfolk Cross

Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.

- Donna Woolfolk Cross

What is life? The joy of the blessed, the sorrow of the sad, and a search for death. And what is death? An inevitable happening, an uncertain pilgrim…

- Donna Woolfolk Cross

Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, then the path must be fraught with fear. A rob…

- Donna Woolfolk Cross

Strange, the workings of the heart. One could go on for years, habituated to loss, reconciled to it, and then, in a moment's unwary thought, the pain…

- Donna Woolfolk Cross

There was always a way, when one knew what one wanted.

- Donna Woolfolk Cross

To marry is to surrender everything--not only your body but your pride, your independence, even your life.

- Donna Woolfolk Cross

As for will, woman should be considered superior to man for Eve ate of the apple for love of knowledge and learning, but Adam ate of it merely becaus…

- Donna Woolfolk Cross

Heed my words, daughter, if you ever mean to be happy: Never give yourself to a man.

- Donna Woolfolk Cross