Defeat anger, stop using it as a shield against truth, and you will find the compassion you need to forgive the people you love.

I was still searching for someone to blame for my suffering. I really wanted someone to transfer my hate to, so that I could stop hating myself.

You can't love your mother or father if you don't also have the capacity to grieve their deaths and, perhaps even more so, grieve parts of their lives.

What are you wishing for?' Grace interrupted. 'To kiss you, ' I said to her.

Put McCall and I together and nothing can stop us." ...That's what he wanted. A woman to stand by him and conquer whatever they set their mind to.

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.

Manchester, one of the greatest, if not really the greatest mere village in England.

A manager says 'go,' but a leader says 'let's go'.

If what you write is true, it will not be so because of what you are as a writer but because of what you are as a being. There can be no literary equivalent to truth.

The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness.

I do not understand; I pause; I examine.

Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights bill that ensures your rights.