First I laughed my way through Elinor Lipman's book of political tweets. Then I put my ear to the ground and listened to Molly Ivins guffawing from the grave. Lipman is a piquant poetic rock star!

Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.

Its the most breathtakingly ironic things about living: the fact that we are all-identical twins included-alone. Singular. And yet what we seek-what saves us-is our connection to others.

I cried because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.

Love is like breathing, you take it in and let it out.

Eastern Connecticut is very different from Western; we're more liverwurst than pâté, more bowling than polo.

The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs.

Change what you can, accept what you can't, and be smart enough to know the difference

If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.

All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth.

If the book is true, it will find an audience that is meant to read it.

Being with you today is worth all the broken hearts of yesterday.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.

I do what I do because my favorite thing is to learn.

Hillary Clinton is a bigot.

There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

Something good will come out of all things yet — And it will be golden and eternal just like that.

If you're just going to meet consumer or clients' demands, you might as well be a plumber - the work will be more frequently available.

The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.

As Indians, we must of course learn from the past; but we must remain focused on the future. In my view, education is the true alchemy that can bring India its next golden age.