The elderly become invisible sooner than we would hope.

But war had a taming effect

What he wanted to say was that two thousand years of peace could be undone in a month of war.

An entire lifetime can change in one afternoon. The rest of the world can continue on, unaware of a quiet, solitary cataclysm occurring a few feet away.

To be around family is to feel the possibility of growing roots again.

He believes that people have destroyed religion and religion has destroyed people. He says he believes in God, but he doesn't believe in people.

What is gone is gone and will not come back. When the earth swallows, it swallows forever and we are left to stumble along feeling the absences. These are our burdens.

We all cross a hundred peaks to get even this far. And there will be more before we each make it to whatever God has fated for us.

Cornered mothers pray for strange things.

Yes, well, people are very good at destroying things, good things.

Can a mother commit a greater sin than ignoring her intuitions?

Love is forgiving, accepting, moving on, embracing, and all encompassing. And if you’re not doing that for yourself, you cannot do that with anyone else.

Life is life. You cannot replace a life.

Elvis is iconic; a lot of performers today look to that for inspiration.

One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.

I'm still basically an idealist, which translates into getting real things done to make people's lives better.

There is more dynamite in an idea than in many bombs.

Cynicism often draws correct conclusions, but nobody could live by its lights.

Free, only want to be free, we huddle close, hang on to a dream.

I dont see things with gender, race and culture

I prefer my oysters fried; that way I know my oysters died.