It is one thing to look at a mistreated boat and another to look at a tomb. The silence of the bay seemed more intense. And I could see the glint of the carrion flies.

Norah watched him, serious and utterly absorbed in his task, overcome by the simple fact of his existence.

I received $100 per week when I started working at the Globe after graduation.

It takes years to readjust dynamics and relationships, and to overnight create the new dynamic, I was surprised by how challenging that was for me personally.

True joy is the earnest which we have of heaven, it is the treasure of the soul, and therefore should be laid in a safe place, and nothing in this world is safe to place it in.

Music is a reflection of who you are.

When I got to the Senate, one of the things that most bothered me is this lack of urgency about the major issues.

A great man represents a great ganglion in the nerves of society, or to vary the figure, a strategic point in the campaign of history, and part of his greatness consists in his being there.

If you believe, then you have already taken the first step towards your achievement.

I feel that we should always be a real friend, always, even to those who chose to be fake. Not because they are nice but because you are.

I'm excited to go study and read and immerse myself in something.