But there's a whole world waiting, still, and there are good things in it.

It's hard to give up the being together with someone.

It is so good to have friends who understand how there is a time for crying and a time for laughing, and that sometimes the two are very close together.

It's a funny thing about names, how they become a part of someone.

...you can pretend that bad things will never happen. But life's a lot easier if you realize and admit that sometimes they do.

We're so accustomed to laughing. It's harder for us when the time comes that we can't laugh.

Oh, sometimes it's just easier to please people, " Maria said finally.

I don't know what she is now. A stranger, mostly. It's as if she has become a part of a different world, one that doesn't include me anymore....

I laugh, because he knew what I was thinking, and very few people ever know what I'm thinking.

You know, sometimes it's nice to just have someone to blame, even if it has to be yourself, even if it doesn't make sense.

Dying is a very solitary thing. The only thing we can do it be there when she wants us there.

Knowledge without courage is sterile.

When you get some free time, write. When you get some lazy time, plan. When you get down time, world build. When your time comes, shine!

...all nature is perverse & will not do as I wish it.

O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine! To fold a world in the embrace of God!

To consider the degree of concord which ultimately prevailed as less than a miracle.

You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are.

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.

Whether it appears so or not, you have total freedom right now. What would happen if you fully exercised that freedom this very minute?

English humor is hard to appreciate, though, unless you are trained to it. The English papers, in reporting my speeches, always put 'laughter' in the wrong place.

One of my biggest superstitions is to never speak about the future out loud. Lets just say I got a lot out there and I hope to keep on going.