Be safe, she whispered. Then she closed her eyes and said in a low, broken monotone, "I love you.KailaniSiobhan Fallon

It's hard to say 'No' and develop your moral fiber. That's why your school is so important.

My father was one of 11. He was an attorney. My mother worked for the Syracuse newspaper as a columnist before she became a stay-at-home mother.

I grew up in Cazenovia, N.Y. I'm the second of five children, with three sisters and a brother.

It was "Boom Boom" Dupont who had ripped Kit out of the Humvee after the IED went off, the IED that turned the entire undercarriage of his truck into a fiery wall that consumed the five men inside.

I'm always praying for a part that would be something that I could be really proud of, in which I could use the gifts God gave me in a positive way.

Everyday we can't connect but good things connected...

If this is Heaven, I am in big trouble.

If, in [Federal Housing Administration] application, black folks were excluded from it, then you have to override that by going after those discriminatory practices.

I think my life is a movie and your life reflects your work.

But you have nothing better to do with your time than harass us, do you? Go back to ruling the universe from Mount Olympus or whatever else it is you mongrels do.

Like hunger or thirst, the instinct for balance is built into the human body.

A life without music is an error.

The coral zoophyte may be leveled by transported masses swept over by the waters; yet like the trodden sod, it sprouts again, and continues to grow and flourish as before.

Transplanting the ballet to the United States is like trying to raise a palm tree in Dakota.

If you want to be seen as courageous by some and hated by others, just say what you really think.