(President Nixon,) in the face of a vote to impeach he might try, as "commander-in-chief", to use military forces to keep himself in power.

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.

It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.

A minority group has 'arrived' only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it.

My advice to any diplomat who wants to have good press is to have two or three kids and a dog.

The library is the temple of learning.

There are no embarrassing answers-just embarrassing questions.

There aren't any embarrassing questions — just embarrassing answers.

One more secret smile. One more shared laugh. One more electric kiss. Finding him was like finding someone I didn't know I was searching for.

Don't be afraid to take risks, for you take them every day without realizing it. I'd rather fail at trying something new or different than to lose just for not trying at all.

All mothers breed dead children.

All cats are gray in the dark.

American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.

Honor is what you know about yourself.

I really do wish people could understand me some day.

So this chocolate princess. Her knight in shining armor is the Easter Bunny.

Cholesterol is a substance in the blood that causes you to eat salads.

I wouldn't go out of my way to experience the indignity of middle-age just because it might be good meat for a story.