As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.

His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.

Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hills toward the top. On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones.

I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that'swhy.

Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.

Guys like us got nothing to look ahead to.

Good morning is such a beautiful song

… remembered summer light, and the luminous inverted ghost of a boy with a parrot on his shoulder.

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance. It taught me hard work, but then I grew to love it.

It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.

Adrenaline is the reason I do what I do.

Our elected politicians do what they judge is the right thing to do. And if we disagree then I'll show them the evidence of why I disagree.

Sometimes, God gives you physical talent and takes away the brain.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

I think that standing onstage on January 19th, and my father had just defied all expectations and won Iowa, was by far the most surreal moment.