From across her husband's open grave I had thought she exuded a certain foxy mystique, but now, to my disappointment, she looked just like every other mother I knew.

There's just so much to live for.

The answer to most prayers is no.

Sometimes life-changing moments slip by unnoticed, their significance only becoming apparent in the light of subsequent events.

But love and pain are two sides of the same coin. You can't have one without the other. Sometimes that's how we know we're alive.

When he left us, he stole all the words.

I don't want you to feel sorry for me. I want you to forgive yourself for being human, just like you would forgive anyone else.

Do what you can, when you can.

The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.

Looking up into the night sky is looking into infinity — distance is incomprehensible and therefore meaningless

In the garden of your days cultivate festivity, play and celebrations.

One made the observation of the people of Asia that they were all slaves to one man, merely because they could not pronounce that syllable No.

You don't know how to lie. If you can't lie, you'll never go anywhere.

No matter what medium I'm using, or what subject I'm painting, I do retain a fairly set approach to painting.

Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture that tries to skip it will never grow up.

Students are often in no position to judge 'relevance' until long after the fact.