Politics in Philadelphia is a contact sport.

If you have a deep-seated need to be loved and admired every day, you shouldn't be in politics. You should go work at a pet store.

[...] the only folks who kill black folks any more are black folks. [...] black folks kill more black folks than the KKK ever did.

Take your patience pill ...You can be joyous, but you can't be a jackass.

We need to ban assault weapons. We need to ban the high-capacity clips and magazines. We need serious background information, system upgrade.

I didn't run for mayor to be the caretaker of the status quo.

Philadelphia, the foundation of freedom, liberty and democracy, I still believe in the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Whether it's on the streets of Philadelphia or New York or Chicago or Atlanta or in a classroom in Newtown, Connecticut, people want to be safe.

There is no reason for a civilian to have an automatic weapon.

Everyone felt comfortable with these guys and what their vision was, and when they said they want to keep the staff intact, that was very encouraging.

I'm a big supporter of the Second Amendment. But I think I have a First Amendment right not to be shot.

What if we saw differences in cultures, in moral choices, and in belief as reasons to engage people instead of excuses to disengage and quickly exit?

Grief is like a journey one must take on a winding mountainside, often seeing the same scenery many times, a road which eventually leads to somewhere we've never been before.

You're a machine, " she murmured when he swept kisses across her jaw and over her cheek. "Only for you, sweetheart.

Every time we face tests and trials, God is instigating us to action

I left journalism because I met too many interesting people at an uninteresting salary.

If I have another child, I doubt I'll get married again. I don't think men particularly want to be with me.

Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.

Rilla's heart skipped a beat — or, if that be a physiological impossibility, she thought it did.

What I really do is take real plums and put them in an imaginary cake.

The scale of global inequality is quite simply staggering.