He was letting you break your icons one by one. he was letting you reduce him to the status of a human being.

Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.

Something is wrong with me, it's something about me. it has to be me because all those people cannot have changed.

I mean this: every time I come home, I feel like I'm coming back to the world, and when I leave Macomb it's like leaving the world.

As Kipling said, that’s another story...

It was a place where, if troubles did not vanish, they were made bearable.

When Henry handed her a cup of punch she whispered, "If you want to go on with the seniors or anything I'll be alright."Henry smiled at her. "You're my date, Scout.

(...) when a man's looking down the double barrel of a shotgun, he picks up the first weapon he can find to defend himself, be it a stone or a stick of stove wood or a citizens' council.

I mean it takes a certain kind of maturity to live in the South these days.

Our children are only as brilliant as we allow them to be.

Khird-Mandon Se Kya Puchon Ke Meri Ibtida Kya HaiKe Main Iss Fikar Mein Rehta Hun, Meri Intiha Kya HaiWhat should I ask the sages about my origin:I am always wanting to know my goal.

I fell in love... she caused a type of smile within me that nothing else can or has.

The most attractive thing that I've seen in the creative realm is the enthusiasm in people that does not seem to burn out. That's what I'm after.

The tiniest criticism or put-down soaks into me and lies in my heart like a stone. Sometimes that spurs me on to work harder, but sometimes it just fills me up with sadness.

every failure is also a victory.

I don't have much time for real violence at all. I think there are infinitely better ways of changing the world than using violence. Sitting round a table talking is a pretty good start.

AFSCME stands for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

If I'm doing my job right, then I'm not writing the dialogue; the characters are saying the dialogue, and I'm just jotting it down.

Connect. Embrace. Liberate. Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes.