when river reaches for my hand, he actually grabs me by my heart. it’s always been like this.

Given a thimbleful of [dramatic] facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub.

You must mentally prepare to conquer any situation.

No matter how good you are to people, you will always have barriers and enemies on your way to success

I had the pleasure of listening to Rickie Lee Jones' Flying Cowboys album on audio cassette, which had just come out at that time because I am an elderly man.

Sometimes,' Sylvie said, 'one can mistake gratitude for love.

If laws acting upon private interests can not always be avoided, they should be confined within the narrowest limits, and left wherever possible to the legislatures of the States.

When we better understand the realities of these women's lives, we are able to design and deliver solutions that are more useful to them.

Go now. Our journey is done. And may we meet again, in the clearing, at the end of the path.

Don't ever come to church without coming as though it were the first time, as though it could be the best time, and as though it could be the last time.

I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore.