He'd learned long ago: perfection isn't what families are all about.

Hope can get you through anything.

The hardest choices in life aren't between what's right and what's wrong but between what's right and what's best.

He'd do what he always did, find the sweet among the bitter.

The last time someone had laid out a suit and a pair of dress shoes with a ticket purchased for a faraway place, Henry had refused to go.This time, Henry refused to stay.

You don't have to, Henry. In here, I think my dream is big enough for the both of us.

Talking to strangers sounded like talking to no one, which Henry had some firsthand experience in- in real life. It was lonely. Almost as lonely as Lake View Cemetery, where he'd buried Ethel.

I am what you made me, Father.

Loyalty. We're still loyal to the United States of America. Why? Because we too are Americans. We don't agree, but we will show our loyalty by our obedience.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

Don't marry for money, you can borrow it cheaper.

Men are the only animals that devote themselves day in and day out to making one another unhappy.

In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October.

I believe God is everything, say Shug. Everything that is or ever was or ever will be. And when you can feel that, and be happy to feel that, you've found It.

The line between pride in our work and neurotic obstinacy is a narrow one. We make our recommendations clear. But we do not grudge our clients the right to the final say. It is their money.

When I ran across America, for 75 days I ate 10,000 calories a day. I still lost about five pounds.

There is no better soporific and sedative than skepticism.

To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.

Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and the provocation to grace in the soul.